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9. Subject to article 17, a billing authority may authorise a contractor to exercise the functions—
(a)of taking steps to levy by distress and sale of the debtor’s goods the aggregate of—
(i)any outstanding amount which is or forms part of the amount in respect of which a liability order has been made; and
(ii)an amount determined in accordance with Schedule 3 to the 1989 Regulations (charges connected with distress) in respect of charges connected with the distress;
(b)where a liability order has been made against two or more persons jointly, of levying distress against any one or more of those persons; and
(c)where the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) (including charges arising up to the time of the payment or tender) is paid or tendered before any goods are seized, or after goods have been seized in pursuance of the distress, but before sale of those goods, of accepting that amount and, if applicable, making the goods available for collection by the debtor.
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