Regulation 20 Enforcement by executionI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2)—

(a)

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 16 as if it were payable under a county court order; or

(b)

an unpaid penalty charge (and, if applicable, the road user charge payable under the charging scheme) which is recoverable in accordance with regulation 18 as if it were payable under a county court order,

is to be treated for purposes of enforcement by execution as if it were a specified debt in regulation 2 of the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts Order 1993 (“the 1993 Order”)^f1.

(2)

For the purposes of the enforcement of the payment of a sum referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or the enforcement of an unpaid penalty charge (and, if applicable an unpaid road user charge payable under a charging scheme) referred to in paragraph 1(b)—

(a)

any reference in the 1993 Order to “the authority” is to be read as a reference to a charging authority; and

(b)

the reference in articles 3(1) and (2) of the 1993 Order to “the time for serving a statutory declaration” is to be read as a reference to “the time for serving a witness statement” and is—

(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(3), that period.

Regulation 20 Enforcement by executionI1

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