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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/distress-for-rent-rules-1988/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2050",
  "legislation_title": "The Distress for Rent Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/distress-for-rent-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Forms of Certificate",
  "text": "(1) A general certificate in Form 1 may be granted only by a Judge and shall authorise the bailiff named in it to levy at any place in England and Wales.\n(2) A special certificate in Form 2 may be granted by a Judge or Registrar and shall authorise the person named in it to levy only in respect of the distress or distresses to which it applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "continued",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/421",
      "affecting_title": "The Certification of Enforcement Agents Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2050/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:26.022058+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}