Section 85.2(1)

In this Part— “the Act” means the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; “claim to controlled goods” is a claim made under paragraph 60(1) of Schedule 12; “a claim to exempt goods” means a claim by a debtor whose goods have been subject to an enforcement power under an enactment, writ or warrant of control or the right to execute conferred by a writ of execution, that such goods are exempt goods; “claimant to controlled goods” means any person making a claim to controlled goods; “claimant to executed goods” means any person making a claim to executed goods; “the court” has the meaning given in paragraph 60(8) of Schedule 12, in respect of a claim to controlled goods; “debtor’s home court” means the Central Office or District Registry of the High Court or the County Court hearing centre serving the address where the debtor resides or carries on business; “enforcement agent” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 12; “enforcement officer” means an individual who is authorised to act as an enforcement officer under the Courts Act 2003; “executed goods” means goods subject to a writ of execution; “exempt goods” — in respect of controlled goods has the meaning given in paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 12 and defined in regulations 4 and 5 of the TCG Regulations; and in respect of executed goods has the meaning given in paragraph 9(3) of Schedule 7 to the Courts Act 2003; “goods subject to enforcement” refers to either controlled goods or executed goods; “relevant enforcement officer” means— in relation to a writ of execution which is directed to a single enforcement officer, that officer; and in relation to a writ of execution which is directed to two or more enforcement officers, the officer to whom the writ is allocated; “required payments” has the meaning given in paragraph 60(4) of Schedule 12; “Schedule 12” means Schedule 12 to the Act; “TCG Regulations” means the Taking Control of Goods Regulations 2013; “warrant of control” is to be construed in accordance with section 62(4) of the Act; “writ of control” is to be construed in accordance with section 62(4) of the Act; “writ of execution” includes— and any further writ in aid of any such writs, but does not include a writ of control; a writ of possession; a writ of delivery; a writ of sequestration; writs relating to ecclesiastical property, namely— a writ of fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis; a writ of sequestrari de bonis ecclesiasticis, the following words or phrases have the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12, in respect of a claim to controlled goods— “creditor”; “debt”; “debtor”; “enforcement power”; the following words or phrases have the meaning given in paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 12— “control”; “controlled goods”; “co-owner”; “disposal”; “interest”; “money”; “premises”; “securities”.

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