Enforcement Officers are actually called Enforcement Agents,[1] because agents have no authority to officiate.
Enforcement Agents may only take control of the debtors goods and sell them to recover a debt.[2]
If you have bailiffs collecting unpaid council tax, and you cannot pay, then NEVER let them into your home. Bailiffs do not have authority to enter by force to a private home for the enforcement of unpaid council tax.[3]
You have a list of options that you can use to stop council tax enforcement.[4]
You can also run a council tax enforcement compliance check, and apply for redress when an enforcement agent breaches an enforcement provision.[5]
If you do nothing, the enforcement power usually ends after 12 months, and the liability for the council tax usually dies after 6 years.[6]
[1] Section 63 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[2] Section 62 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[3] Paragraph 17 of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[4] See Stopping Council Tax Bailiffs
[5] See Council Tax enforcement compliance checklist
[6] See Council Tax and limitation of liability
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