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The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996

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70.  In relation to the function of taking steps by way of attachment of earnings, attachment of allowances, distress, bankruptcy, winding up or charging order, a contractor shall ensure that—

(a)all such steps and all such proceedings are taken or brought in the name of the authority;

(b)any instruction from the authority in relation to any debtor to take no (or no further) such steps is immediately complied with;

(c)any intention to take steps to levy any amount by distress and sale of the goods of any person is immediately notified in writing to the authority;

(d)no (or no further) steps to levy distress are taken in relation to any debtor after an instruction to that effect has been given by the authority or after the amount which is due to the authority has been received by the contractor; and

(e)upon the giving of any such instruction or receipt of any such amount, any goods of the debtor which have already been seized are not sold and are made available for collection by the debtor.

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