Paragraph 14

England and Wales

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

Sch. 12 para. 3(1) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 Sch. 21 para. 24(2)
Sch. 12 para. 19A(1)(e) substituted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 Sch. 21 para. 24(5)
Sch. 12 para. 17 word inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 Sch. 21 para. 24(3)
Sch. 12 para. 18ZA inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 Sch. 21 para. 24(4)

I1(1)

An enforcement agent may enter relevant premises to search for and take control of goods.

(2)

Where there are different relevant premises this paragraph authorises entry to each of them.

This paragraph authorises repeated entry to the same premises, subject to any restriction in regulations.

(4)

If the enforcement agent is acting under section 72(1) (CRAR), the only relevant premises are the demised premises.

F1(5)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)

Otherwise premises are relevant if the enforcement agent reasonably believes that they are the place, or one of the places, where the debtor—

(a)

usually lives, or

(b)

carries on a trade or business.

Annotations

F1: Sch. 12 para. 14(5) omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 129(4), Sch. 43 para. 10(2); S.I. 2014/906, art. 2

I1: Sch. 12 para. 14(1) (2) (4)-(6) in force at 6.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
I2: Sch. 12 para. 14(3) in force at 15.7.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1739, art. 3(g)(vii)
I3: Sch. 12 para. 14(3) in force at 6.4.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)

C1: Sch. 12 applied (prosp.) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), ss. 127(2), 129(4)
C2: Sch. 12 applied (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), ss. 127(2), 129(4); S.I. 2014/906, arts. 2, 3
C3: Sch. 12 applied by S.I. 2013/2605, art. 21K(1) (as inserted (12.11.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1078), arts. 1(2), 8)
C4: Sch. 12 applied by S.I. 2014/1893, art. 34K(1) (as inserted (12.11.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1078), arts. 1(2), 20)

C1: Sch. 12 applied (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), ss. 127(2), 129(4); S.I. 2014/906, arts. 2, 3