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Rule 7.21 Warrants (general provisions)I1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • rule 4.54(5-CVL) substituted for rule 4.54(5) by Insolvency 2010 Sch. 1 para. 179(5)
(1)

A warrant issued by the court under any provision of the Act shall be addressed to such officer of the High Court or of a county court (whether or not having jurisdiction in insolvency proceedings) as the warrant specifies, or to any constable.

(2)

The persons referred to in sections 134(2), 236(5), 364(1), 365(3) and 366(3) (court's powers of enforcement) as the prescribed officer of the court are—

(a)

in the case of the High Court, the tipstaff and his assistants of the court, and

(b)

in the case of a county court, the registrar and the bailiffs.

(3)

In this Chapter references to property include books, papers and records.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 7.21 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1