# The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of BID Levy Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 2004, Article 8: Liability orders


A billing authority may authorise a contractor to exercise the functions—
(a) of preparing and serving on any person against whom an application is to be made for a liability order, a reminder notice stating the amount in respect of which the application is to be made;
(b) where persons who are jointly and severally liable for BID levy are liable as partners or trustees, of giving a reminder notice severally to each or any of the owners or occupiers concerned, or jointly to the partnership or trust;
(c) where a reminder notice is given to more than one person in respect of the same amount, of notifying that fact to each of them;
(d) subject to article 16, of applying to the magistrates’ court for a liability order against a person or, where two or more persons are jointly and severally liable as partners or trustees, against any one or more of those persons; and
(e) where the amount payable is paid after a liability order has been applied for but before it is made, of requesting the court to make the order in respect of the costs reasonably incurred in making the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/011050903X/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-contracting-out-of-bid-levy-billing-collection-and-enforcement-functions-order-2004/article-8
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.