# Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 2: Collection officers


(1) The Department of Justice may designate civil servants in the Department to be collection officers for the purposes of this Chapter; and a reference in this Chapter to a “collection officer” is a reference to a person so designated.
(2) The general functions of a collection officer are—
(a) to provide debtors with information and advice about payment of the sums due;
(b) to secure compliance with collection orders (see section 3).
(3) Regulations may make further provision about collection officers; and the regulations may, in particular, confer or impose functions on collection officers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/21/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-2
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