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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/schedule-12/paragraph-18A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
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  "number": "18A",
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  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if these conditions are met—\n(a) the enforcement agent has power to enter the premises under paragraph 14;\n(b) the enforcement agent reasonably believes that the debtor carries on a trade or business on the premises;\n(c) the enforcement agent is acting under a writ or warrant of control issued for the purpose of recovering a sum payable under a High Court or county court judgment;\n(d) the sum so payable is not a traffic contravention debt.\n(2) “Traffic contravention debt” has the meaning given by section 82(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 18A inserted (6.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 25(3), 61(3); S.I. 2014/830, art. 2"
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