Section 75.1

Practice Direction 75— (Rule 21.1(1)(c)(i) provides that Part 21 (children and protected parties) does not apply to proceedings under this Part where one of the parties is a child.) sets out the proceedings to which this Part applies; and may apply this Part with modifications in relation to any particular category of those proceedings. In this Part— “the Centre” means the Traffic Enforcement Centre established under the direction of the Lord Chancellor; “enforcement agent” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; “local authority warrant of control” means a warrant of control issued by a local authority under article 5 of the 1993 Order; “no relevant return to the warrant” means that— the enforcement agent has been unable to seize goods because the enforcement agent has been denied access to premises occupied by the defendant or because the goods have been removed from those premises; any goods seized under a local authority warrant of control are insufficient to satisfy the debt and the cost of execution; or the goods are insufficient to cover the cost of their removal and sale; “the 1993 Order” means the Enforcement of Road Traffic Debts Order 1993; “relevant period”, in relation to any particular case, means— the period allowed for serving a statutory declaration or witness statement under any enactment which applies to that case; or where an enactment permits the court to extend that period, the period as extended; “specified debts” means the debts specified in article 2 of the 1993 Order or treated as so specified by any other enactment; and “the authority”, “notice of the amount due”, “order” and “the respondent” have the meaning given by Practice Direction 75.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15