A bailiff, or enforcement agent and a High Court enforcement officer are two separate legal entities.
An enforcement agent is an individual acting under a certificate [1] issued by a judge in a county court.[2]
A High Court enforcement officer is an individual authorised by the Lord Chancellor to act as an enforcement officer.[3]
If a bailiff represents himself to be a high court enforcement officer to get a money transfer, then he commits an offence.[4]
If the bailiff was wearing a body-worn camera when he said he is a High Court enforcement officer,[5] or you captured him on video, then you may report him to the police.
Bailiffs are agents, they cannot officiate over anything.
A bailiff executing high court writs may call himself a High Court enforcement agent.
[1] Section 63(2)(a) of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[2] Section 64(1) of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[3] Regulation 6(1) of the High Court Enforcement Officers regulations 2004
[4] Section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006
[5] See: Bailiffs and Body-worn cameras
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