{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-control-of-goods-regulations-2013/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-control-of-goods-regulations-2013/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1894",
  "legislation_title": "The Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-control-of-goods-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Form and contents of notice",
  "text": "Notice of enforcement must be given in writing, and must contain the following information—\n(a) the name and address of the debtor;\n(b) the reference number or numbers;\n(c) the date of notice;\n(d) details of the court judgment or order or enforcement power by virtue of which the debt is enforceable against the debtor;\n(e) the following information about the debt—\n(i) sufficient details of the debt to enable the debtor to identify the debt correctly;\n(ii) the amount of the debt including any interest due as at the date of the notice;\n(iii) the amount of any enforcement costs incurred up to the date of notice; and\n(iv) the possible additional costs of enforcement if the sum outstanding should remain unpaid as at the date mentioned in paragraph (h);\n(f) how and between which hours and on which days payment of the sum outstanding may be made;\n(g) a contact telephone number and address at which, and the days on which and the hours between which, the enforcement agent or the enforcement agent's office may be contacted; ...\n(h) the date and time by which the sum outstanding must be paid to prevent goods of the debtor being taken control of and sold and the debtor incurring additional costs;\n(i) the availability of free advice from a debt advice provider and the contact details for such providers; and\n(j) the possibility of obtaining an extension of the minimum notice period under regulation 6(1A).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 7(g) omitted (1.5.2026) by virtue of The Taking Control of Goods (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/366), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a) (with reg. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 7(i)(j) inserted (1.5.2026) by The Taking Control of Goods (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/366), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b) (with reg. 1(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1894/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:46:18.864968+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}