This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct an error in S.I. 2003/1858 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2141 (L. 34)
DISTRESS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Distress for Rent (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003
Made
14th August 2003
Coming into force
15th August 2003
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 8 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888( 1 ) hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Distress for Rent (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003 and shall come into force on 15th August 2003.
Amendments to Distress for Rent Rules 1988
2. In Appendix 1 to the Distress for Rent Rules 1988( 2 ), for paragraph 1 substitute—
“ 1. For levying distress—
(i) on any debt up to and including £100 a fixed fee of | £21.65 |
(ii) on any debt which exceeds £100 a scale fee calculated as follows: | |
on the first £100 of that debt | £21.65 |
on the next £100 | 12½% |
on the next £400 | 4% |
on the next £1,500 | 2½% |
on the next £8,000 | 1% |
and on any additional sum | ¼%. ” . |
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Lord Filkin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 14th August 2003
S.I. 1988/2050 , amended by S.I. 2003/1858 .