England and Wales · Civil enforcement
When must ordinary notice be given before taking control of goods?
Regulation 6(1) ordinarily requires notice at least fourteen clear days before taking control. Regulation 6(2) omits intervening Sundays, bank holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day.
- Period
- At least fourteen clear countable days before control, subject to the eligible twenty-eight-day branch or actual shorter order
- Trigger
- Actual proposed date for taking control of goods
- Rule
- TCG Regulations 2013, regs 2, 6(1)–(3)
Official Justice UK CPR text and legislation.gov.uk statutory XML retained on October 9, 2026. The retained source metadata and acquisition receipts identify each edition. No claim of later amendments or actual local court opening is made. Taking Control of Goods text includes the May 1, 2026 changes made by SI 2026/366. Earlier notice-giving regimes require separate review.
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When must ordinary notice be given before taking control of goods?
Regulation 6(1) ordinarily requires notice at least fourteen clear days before taking control. Regulation 6(2) omits intervening Sundays, bank holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day.
Responsible actor. The enforcement agent or office giving notice to the debtor.
Actual proposed date for taking control of goods.
This is the current ordinary branch after the May 1, 2026 amendment. Check whether a qualifying debt-advice-provider request makes the longer period mandatory before using fourteen days.
This is the current ordinary branch after the May 1, 2026 amendment. Check whether a qualifying debt-advice-provider request makes the longer period mandatory before using fourteen days.
TCG Regulations 2013, regs 2, 6(1)–(3)How does this provision count time?
- Exclude the actual notice day and control day. Count fourteen intervening dates after omitting only the dates specified in regulation 6(2). A generic fourteen-calendar-day subtraction is insufficient.
- Sundays and the specified holidays are omitted inside the statutory interval. Do not add a court-office rollover to the final notice date. Establish a permitted method and when notice was actually given.
Exclude the actual notice day and control day. Count fourteen intervening dates after omitting only the dates specified in regulation 6(2). A generic fourteen-calendar-day subtraction is insufficient.
Sundays and the specified holidays are omitted inside the statutory interval. Do not add a court-office rollover to the final notice date. Establish a permitted method and when notice was actually given.
TCG Regulations 2013, regs 2, 6(1)–(3)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
The enforcement agent or office giving notice to the debtor. For the established proposed event Monday, November 30, 2026, the latest notice day is Thursday, November 12, 2026. Count exactly 14 intervening eligible dates. Sundays and bank holidays are excluded; ordinary Saturdays count. Additional fictitious established facts. Established notice method. personal. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | The enforcement agent or office giving notice to the debtor. For the established proposed event Monday, November 30, 2026, the latest notice day is Thursday, November 12, 2026. Count exactly 14 intervening eligible dates. Sundays and bank holidays are excluded; ordinary Saturdays count. Additional fictitious established facts. Established notice method. personal. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records. For the established proposed event Monday, November 30, 2026, the latest notice day is Thursday, November 12, 2026. Count exactly 14 intervening eligible dates. Sundays and bank holidays are excluded; ordinary Saturdays count. | Thursday, November 12, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | The enforcement agent or office giving notice to the debtor. For the established proposed event Tuesday, December 29, 2026, omit the intervening Christmas Day, substitute Boxing Day bank holiday and relevant Sundays. The eligible-date list leaves latest notice Wednesday, December 9, 2026. No court-office rollover is substituted for the advance-notice count. Additional fictitious established facts. Established notice method. personal. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records. For the established proposed event Tuesday, December 29, 2026, omit the intervening Christmas Day, substitute Boxing Day bank holiday and relevant Sundays. The eligible-date list leaves latest notice Wednesday, December 9, 2026. No court-office rollover is substituted for the advance-notice count. | Wednesday, December 9, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The enforcement agent or office giving notice to the debtor. A qualifying debt-advice-provider request for twenty-eight days was received before the originally stated notice expired. Apply the established twenty-eight-day branch rather than fourteen days. Additional fictitious established facts. Established notice method. personal. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records. A qualifying debt-advice-provider request for twenty-eight days was received before the originally stated notice expired. Apply the established twenty-eight-day branch rather than fourteen days. | Apply the established twenty-eight-day branch rather than fourteen days. |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Identified actor and operative event
- This is the current ordinary branch after the May 1, 2026 amendment. Check whether a qualifying debt-advice-provider request makes the longer period mandatory before using fourteen days.
- Provision-specific counting and closure
- Exclude the actual notice day and control day. Count fourteen intervening dates after omitting only the dates specified in regulation 6(2). A generic fourteen-calendar-day subtraction is insufficient. Sundays and the specified holidays are omitted inside the statutory interval. Do not add a court-office rollover to the final notice date. Establish a permitted method and when notice was actually given.
- Required completion and separate procedural route
- Establish regulation 6 eligibility, the current notice-giving regime, the actual permitted delivery method and any shorter order. Calculating an interval does not establish authority to enter or seize goods.
- This is the current ordinary branch after the May 1, 2026 amendment. Check whether a qualifying debt-advice-provider request makes the longer period mandatory before using fourteen days.
- Regulation 6 has its own excluded-day rule. Ordinary Saturdays count, unlike the short-period CPR rule. The fourteen-day eviction notice under CPR 83.8A is a different act and calendar.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must ordinary notice be given before taking control of goods?
Is the current ordinary enforcement notice still seven days?
The retained current regulation 6(1), as amended from May 1, 2026, specifies fourteen clear days. Historical matters require the edition actually governing them.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(1); SI 2026/366, reg 2Do ordinary Saturdays count in the fourteen-clear-day notice?
Yes. Regulation 6(2) lists Sundays, bank holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day. It does not exclude an ordinary Saturday.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(2)Does writing the notice establish that it was given to the debtor?
No. Regulation 8 prescribes methods and who gives notice. Retain the actual permitted giving event rather than substituting the drafting date.
TCG Regulations 2013, regs 7–8When can a debt-advice request require more than fourteen days?
A qualifying provider’s request submitted before expiry of the stated notice period triggers regulation 6(1A), subject to the noneligible-business-debt exclusion in (1B).
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(1A)–(1B)Can the enforcement agent simply choose a shorter period?
Regulation 6(3) gives the court the shortening power. Paragraph (4) states the required risk of goods being moved or disposed of. An actual court order must be established.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(3)–(4)Does this notice alone prove that taking control is lawful?
No. It supplies one procedural condition. The enforcement power and the separate rules on goods, entry, timing and protected persons still apply.
TCG Regulations 2013, regs 6–15Official sources and review
Provisions used (11)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| TCG Regulations 2013, regs 2, 6(1)–(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, regs 2, 6(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, regs 2, 9 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| SI 2026/366, reg 2 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, regs 7–8 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(1A)–(1B) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(3)–(4) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, regs 6–15 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 6(1); SI 2026/366, reg 2 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |