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Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

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125CA Power to make disclosure order

(1) A magistrates' court may make a disclosure order if satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of executing a warrant to which this section applies. (2) This section applies to a warrant of arrest, commitment, detention or control issued by a justice of the peace in connection with the enforcement of a fine or other order imposed or made on conviction. (3) A disclosure order is an order requiring the person to whom it is directed to supply the designated officer for the court with any of the following information about the person to whom the warrant relates— (a) his name, date of birth or national insurance number; (b) his address (or any of his addresses). (4) A disclosure order may be made only on the application of a person entitled to execute the warrant. (5) This section applies to the Crown as it applies to other persons.

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125CA Power to make disclosure order

(1) A magistrates' court may make a disclosure order if satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of executing a warrant to which this section applies. (2) This section applies to a warrant of arrest, commitment, detention or control issued by a justice of the peace in connection with the enforcement of a fine or other order imposed or made on conviction. (3) A disclosure order is an order requiring the person to whom it is directed to supply the designated officer for the court with any of the following information about the person to whom the warrant relates— (a) his name, date of birth or national insurance number; (b) his address (or any of his addresses). (4) A disclosure order may be made only on the application of a person entitled to execute the warrant. (5) This section applies to the Crown as it applies to other persons.

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