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Rule 29 Distress and forfeiture

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(1)

This rule applies to applications under sections 58(2) and (3), 59(2) and (3) and 60(2) and (3) of the Act for leave of the Crown Court to levy distress against property or exercise a right of forfeiture by peaceable re-entry in relation to a tenancy, in circumstances where the property or tenancy is the subject of a restraint order or a receiver has been appointed in respect of the property or tenancy.

(2)

The application must be made in writing to the Crown Court.

(3)

The application must be served on—

(a)

the person who applied for the restraint order or the order appointing the receiver; and

(b)

any receiver appointed in respect of the property or tenancy,

at least 7 days before the date fixed by the court for hearing the application, unless the Crown Court specifies a shorter period.