England and Wales · Civil enforcement
How long after notice may an agent ordinarily take control of goods?
Regulation 9(1) ordinarily prevents taking control after twelve months beginning with the notice of enforcement date, subject to the provision’s other branches.
- Period
- Twelve months beginning with the notice date
- Trigger
- Actual date notice of enforcement was given
- Rule
- TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1)–(2)
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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How long after notice may an agent ordinarily take control of goods?
Regulation 9(1) ordinarily prevents taking control after twelve months beginning with the notice of enforcement date, subject to the provision’s other branches.
Responsible actor. The enforcement agent checking the remaining period for taking control.
Actual date notice of enforcement was given.
Establish the actual notice, rather than the instrument’s issue or a later proposed visit. A qualifying repayment breach, actual extension or historical emergency-period modification can change the controlling period.
Establish the actual notice, rather than the instrument’s issue or a later proposed visit. A qualifying repayment breach, actual extension or historical emergency-period modification can change the controlling period.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1)–(2)How does this provision count time?
- Include the notice day. The ordinary final date precedes the corresponding twelve-month anniversary. Keep the source period as calendar months, rather than a fixed 365-day total.
- The raw review rollover avoids assuming a court-office extension of this statutory period. A closed final date does not itself authorize taking control later.
Include the notice day. The ordinary final date precedes the corresponding twelve-month anniversary. Keep the source period as calendar months, rather than a fixed 365-day total.
The raw review rollover avoids assuming a court-office extension of this statutory period. A closed final date does not itself authorize taking control later.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1)–(2)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
The enforcement agent checking the remaining period for taking control. The established event is Friday, October 9, 2026. Use 12 calendar months beginning with that date, so the last valid day is the corresponding anniversary minus one day. The endpoint is Friday, October 8, 2027. It identifies the stated boundary rather than a guaranteed successful filing or permission grant. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual notice of enforcement. Friday, October 9, 2026. 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 checking the remaining period for taking control. The established event is Friday, October 9, 2026. Use 12 calendar months beginning with that date, so the last valid day is the corresponding anniversary minus one day. The endpoint is Friday, October 8, 2027. It identifies the stated boundary rather than a guaranteed successful filing or permission grant. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual notice of enforcement. Friday, October 9, 2026. 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. The established event is Friday, October 9, 2026. Use 12 calendar months beginning with that date, so the last valid day is the corresponding anniversary minus one day. The endpoint is Friday, October 8, 2027. It identifies the stated boundary rather than a guaranteed successful filing or permission grant. | Friday, October 8, 2027 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | The enforcement agent checking the remaining period for taking control. The corresponding source boundary is Saturday, October 7, 2028. This fixture concerns the statutory boundary, permission threshold or instrument validity itself. A closed court office does not automatically change that boundary; it does not purport to authorize a separate court act on a closed day. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual notice of enforcement. Friday, October 8, 2027. 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. The corresponding source boundary is Saturday, October 7, 2028. This fixture concerns the statutory boundary, permission threshold or instrument validity itself. A closed court office does not automatically change that boundary; it does not purport to authorize a separate court act on a closed day. | Saturday, October 7, 2028 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The enforcement agent checking the remaining period for taking control. A court has actually granted the one-occasion regulation 9 extension. Establish the granted extension and its start date instead of the ordinary period. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual notice of enforcement. Friday, October 9, 2026. 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 court has actually granted the one-occasion regulation 9 extension. Establish the granted extension and its start date instead of the ordinary period. | Establish the granted extension and its start date instead of the ordinary period. |
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
- Establish the actual notice, rather than the instrument’s issue or a later proposed visit. A qualifying repayment breach, actual extension or historical emergency-period modification can change the controlling period.
- Provision-specific counting and closure
- Include the notice day. The ordinary final date precedes the corresponding twelve-month anniversary. Keep the source period as calendar months, rather than a fixed 365-day total. The raw review rollover avoids assuming a court-office extension of this statutory period. A closed final date does not itself authorize taking control later.
- Required completion and separate procedural route
- Actual historical regulation 9(5)–(6) facts must be resolved separately. A current ordinary model must exclude those facts explicitly rather than treating the emergency modification as repealed.
- Establish the actual notice, rather than the instrument’s issue or a later proposed visit. A qualifying repayment breach, actual extension or historical emergency-period modification can change the controlling period.
- CPR 83.4(3) links TCG instrument validity to this period. The notice-based authority to take control is not the separate fourteen- or twenty-eight-clear-day minimum notice interval.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
How long after notice may an agent ordinarily take control of goods?
Does the notice day count in the twelve-month control period?
Yes. Regulation 9(1) says the period begins with that date. Do not substitute a first-day-excluded year.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1)Does issue of a writ start the ordinary control period?
The ordinary event is notice of enforcement. Issue of the instrument is a separate event and does not replace notice under regulation 9(1).
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1); CPR 83.4(3)Does a repayment arrangement always restart twelve months immediately?
Regulation 9(2) requires the specified arrangement after notice and the debtor’s breach. It begins the period with the actual breach, not merely formation of the arrangement.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(2)How many court extensions can regulation 9 permit?
Paragraph (4)(b) limits the paragraph (3) extension to one occasion. The court must also be satisfied of the grounds in paragraph (4)(c).
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(3)–(4)Does a final Sunday automatically create another open-day opportunity to take control?
The provision states the statutory period. Court-office closure does not itself add days to the agent’s authority to take control.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1); CPR 2.8(5)Is the coronavirus-era modification absent from the retained text?
No. Paragraphs (5) and (6) remain in the text and use historical emergency facts. A current ordinary branch must distinguish those facts rather than ignore the provision.
TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(5)–(6)Official sources and review
Provisions used (11)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1)–(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 9(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 83.4(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(3)–(4) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 2.8(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(5)–(6) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1); CPR 83.4(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| TCG Regulations 2013, reg 9(1); CPR 2.8(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |