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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/schedule-12/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the enforcement agent applies to the court it may issue a warrant which authorises him to use, if necessary, reasonable force to take control of goods on a highway.\n(2) The court may not issue a warrant unless it is satisfied that prescribed conditions are met.\n(3) The warrant may require any constable to assist the enforcement agent to execute it.\n(4) The power to use force is subject to any restriction imposed by or under regulations.\n(5) The power to use force does not include power to use force against persons....",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 31(5) omitted (15.7.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 25(5), 61(3); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 31(1)(3)(5) in force at 6.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 31(2)(4) in force at 15.7.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1739, art. 3(g)(xiii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 31(2)(4) in force at 6.4.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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