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Taxes Management Act 1970

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61 Distraint by collectors.

(1) If a person neglects or refuses to pay the sum charged, upon demand made by the collector, the collector may distrain upon the goods and chattels of the person charged (in this section referred to as “the person in default”. (2) For the purpose of levying any such distress, a justice of the peace, on being satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for believing that a person is neglecting or refusing to pay a sum charged, may issue a warrant in writing authorising a collector to break open, in the daytime, any house or premises, calling to his assistance any constable. Every such constable shall, when so required, aid and assist the collector in the execution of the warrant and in levying the distress in the house or premises. (3) A levy or warrant to break open shall be executed by, or under the direction of, and in the presence of, the collector. (4) A distress levied by the collector shall be kept for five days, at the costs and charges of a person in default. (5) If the person in default does not pay the sum due, together with the costs and charges . . . , the distress shall be appraised by one or more independent persons appointed by the collector, and shall be sold by public auction by the collector for payment of the sum due and all costs and charges. . . . Any overplus coming by the distress, after the deduction of the costs and charges and of the sum due, shall be restored to the owner of the goods distrained. (6) The Treasury may by regulations make provision with respect to— (a) the fees chargeable on or in connection with the levying of distress, and (b) the costs and charges recoverable where distress has been levied; and any such regulations shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons. (7) This section extends only to Northern Ireland.

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61 Distraint by collectors.

(1) If a person neglects or refuses to pay the sum charged, upon demand made by the collector, the collector may distrain upon the goods and chattels of the person charged (in this section referred to as “the person in default”. (2) For the purpose of levying any such distress, a justice of the peace, on being satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for believing that a person is neglecting or refusing to pay a sum charged, may issue a warrant in writing authorising a collector to break open, in the daytime, any house or premises, calling to his assistance any constable. Every such constable shall, when so required, aid and assist the collector in the execution of the warrant and in levying the distress in the house or premises. (3) A levy or warrant to break open shall be executed by, or under the direction of, and in the presence of, the collector. (4) A distress levied by the collector shall be kept for five days, at the costs and charges of a person in default. (5) If the person in default does not pay the sum due, together with the costs and charges . . . , the distress shall be appraised by one or more independent persons appointed by the collector, and shall be sold by public auction by the collector for payment of the sum due and all costs and charges. . . . Any overplus coming by the distress, after the deduction of the costs and charges and of the sum due, shall be restored to the owner of the goods distrained. (6) The Treasury may by regulations make provision with respect to— (a) the fees chargeable on or in connection with the levying of distress, and (b) the costs and charges recoverable where distress has been levied; and any such regulations shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons. (7) This section extends only to Northern Ireland.

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