The Certification of Enforcement Agents Regulations 2014

Interpretation

General interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;

“the 1888 Act” means the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888(1);

“the 1895 Act” means the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1895(2);

“the 1988 Rules” means the Distress for Rent Rules 1988(3);

“applicant” means a person applying for a certificate to be issued under section 64 of the Act;

“certificate” means a certificate under section 64 of the Act to act as an enforcement agent and includes a certificate under section 7 of the 1888 Act which by virtue of section 64(4) of the Act has effect as a certificate under section 64 of the Act;

“certificated person” means a person to whom a certificate has been issued;

“commercial rent arrears recovery” has the meaning given by section 72 of the Act;

“complainant” means a person who makes a complaint to the court under regulation 9;

“court” means the County Court;

“enforcement agent” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 12 (enforcement agents);

“Schedule 12” means Schedule 12 to the Act;

“the security” means the security required by regulation 6(1) of these Regulations.

(1)

1888 c. 21. Section 7 was amended by the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c.49), by the Courts Act 1971 (c.23), section 56(1) and Schedule 8, Part I, paragraph 2, and is prospectively amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), section 17(5) and Schedule 9, paragraph 16. The Act is prospectively repealed by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15), sections 86 and 146 and Schedule 14, paragraph 19 and Schedule 23, Part 4.

(2)

1895 c. 24. Section 1 was amended by the Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c.49), and is prospectively amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), section 17(5) and Schedule 9, paragraph 17(a).

(3)

S.I. 1988/2050, amended by S.I. 1999/2360, 1999/2564, 1999/3186, 2000/1481, 2000/2737, 2001/4026, 2003/1858, 2003/2141 and 2009/873.