Regulation 8 Charges connected with distress

(1)

Schedule 5^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In column (2) of the Table to paragraph 1—

(a)

in relation to head A (visit where no levy is made), for “£15.00” there is substituted “£20.00”, and for “£12.50” there is substituted “15.00”;

(b)

in relation to head E (possession of goods), for “£10 per day” there is substituted “£12.50 per day”, and in relation to for “10 pence per day” there is substituted “£10.00”; and

(c)

in relation to head H (prior payment etc.), for “Reasonable costs” to the end of the Table there is substituted—

“Either—

(i)

£20, or

(ii)

the actual costs incurred, to a maximum of 5 per cent. of the amount in respect of which the liability order was made,

whichever is the greater.”

(3)

In paragraph 2(1) (amounts in respect of levy), for “£15” in paragraph (a) there is substituted “£20”, and in paragraph (b) for “15 per cent.” there is substituted “20 per cent.”.

(4)

After paragraph 2 there is inserted—

“2A

No charge shall be payable under head F of the Table to paragraph 1 in respect of the appraisement of an item unless the debtor has been advised of the charge, and the manner of its calculation, before the appraisement is made.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Schedule 5 is substituted by S.I. 1993/773.