Collection officers
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2.—(1) The Department of Justice may designate civil servants in the Department to be collection officers for the purposes of this Chapter; and a reference in this Chapter to a “collection officer” is a reference to a person so designated.
(2) The general functions of a collection officer are—
(a)to provide debtors with information and advice about payment of the sums due;
(b)to secure compliance with collection orders (see section 3).
(3) Regulations may make further provision about collection officers; and the regulations may, in particular, confer or impose functions on collection officers.