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The bailiff multiplied the enforcement stage fees by the number of enforcement powers.


The bailiff may recover the compliance stage fee in respect of each enforcement power being recovered.[1]

The bailiff may recover the Enforcement Stage fee only once regardless of the number of enforcement powers being recovered,[2] where those enforcement powers can reasonably be exercised at the same time.[3]

If a bailiff has multiplied the enforcement stage fee by the number of enforcement powers, (or warrants for unpaid traffic contravention debts) the debtor may apply for a detailed assessment hearing,[4][5] and ask for costs,[6] or be paid to represent as a litigant in person.[7][8]

If the person the money was taken from is not the debtor, he is unable to apply for a detailed assessment, instead, he may recover the money taken by making a claim in the small claims track.[9]



[1] Regulation 11(3) of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[2] Regulation 11(4)(a) of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[3] Regulation 11(1)(b) of the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
[4] Civil Procedure Rule 84.16
[5] See: Apply for a detailed assessment
[6] Civil Procedure Rule 44.2
[7] Civil Procedure Rule 46.5 [8] Practice Direction 46.5 Rule 3.1
[9] Civil Procedure Rule Part 27

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