10. Where a contractor is authorised by virtue of this Order to exercise the function of applying to a magistrates’ court for a liability order or taking steps to levy any amount by distress and sale of the goods of any person, section 223 of the Local Government Act 1972(1) (appearance of local authorities in legal proceedings) shall have effect in relation to—
(a)the hearing of an application for a liability order, and
(b)an appeal brought by any person in connection with the distress,
as if the contractor were an officer of the authority.
1972 c.70. Relevant amendments to section 223(1) were made by section 89 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c.47).