{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-64.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007",
  "path": "section/64",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Certificates to act as an enforcement agent",
  "text": "(1) A certificate may be issued under this section by a judge of the county court.\n(2) The Lord Chancellor must make regulations about certificates under this section.\n(3) The regulations may in particular include provision—\n(a) for fees to be charged for applications;\n(b) for certificates to be issued subject to conditions, including the giving of security;\n(c) for certificates to be limited to purposes specified by or under the regulations;\n(d) about complaints against holders of certificates;\n(e) about suspension and cancellation of certificates;\n(f) to modify or supplement Schedule 12 for cases where a certificate is suspended or cancelled or expires;\n(g) requiring courts to make information available relating to certificates.\n(4) A certificate under section 7 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888 (c. 21) which is in force on the coming into force of this section has effect as a certificate under this section, subject to any provision made by regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 64(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 46; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 64(1) in force at 6.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 64(2)(3)(4) in force at 15.7.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1739, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 64(2)(3)(4) in force at 6.4.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/section/64",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:45.892078+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."
}