An Act to amend the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888.
[6th July 1895]
A certificate granted to a bailiff by [F1 a judge of the county court ] under the M1Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888, may at any time be cancelled or declared void by a judge of [F2the county court ], . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 17(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2Words in s. 1 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 17(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F3Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
Marginal Citations
If any person not holding a certificate for the time being in force under the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888, levies a distress contrary to the provisions of that Act, he shall without prejudice to any civil liability be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F4level 1 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F4Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
The power to make rules under the M2Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888 shall extend to making provision for fixing the duration of certificates granted, or to be hereafter granted, to bailiffs.
Marginal Citations
A court of summary jurisdiction, on complaint that goods or chattels exempt under section four of the M3Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888 from distress for rent, have been taken under such distress, may, by summary order, direct that the goods and chattels so taken, if not sold, be restored; or, if they have been sold, that such sum as the court may determine to be the value thereof shall be paid to the complainant by the person who levied the distress or directed it to be levied.
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Textual Amendments
This Act may be cited as the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1895.