Courts Act 2003

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296(1)Amend section 184 (duties of sheriff) as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1), for “sheriff” substitute “ enforcement officer, or other officer, charged with execution of the writ or other process, ”.

(3)In subsections (2), (3) and (4), for “sheriff”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “ enforcement officer or other officer ”.

(4)In subsection (6), for the words from “ “the sheriff”” onwards substitute “ “enforcement officer” means an individual who is authorised to act as an enforcement officer under the Courts Act 2003. ”

(5)In the section heading, for “sheriff” substitute “ officers charged with execution of writs and other processes ”.