Regulation 20 Enforcement by executionI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2),

(a)

an unpaid penalty charge which is recoverable in accordance with regulation 18 as if it were payable under a county court order; and

(b)

a sum to be paid by a person (other than a charging authority) under an adjudication of an adjudicator which is recoverable in accordance with regulation 7 as if it were payable under a county court order,

shall be treated for purposes of enforcement by execution as if they were specified debts in the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts Order 1993^f1 (“the 1993 Order”).

F1(2)

For the purposes of the enforcement of an unpaid penalty charge referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or the enforcement of the payment of a sum referred to in paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)

any reference in the 1993 Order to “the authority” shall be a reference to a charging authority; and

(b)

the reference in article 3(1) of the 1993 Order to “the time for serving a statutory declaration” shall be a reference to, as the case may be—

(i)

the period of 21 days allowed by regulation 19(1)(c); or

(ii)

where a longer period has been allowed pursuant to regulation 19(4), that period.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 20(2) substituted (17.2.2003) by The Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/108), regs. 1, 11

Commencement

I1: Reg. 20 in force at 30.7.2001, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1993/2073, amended by S.I. 2001/1386.