Part 2 — Civil Enforcement Agencies and Bailiffs
12 Provision of services
duties and functions of agencies and bailiffs:
(a) a bailiff shall only carry out the duties or functions of a
bailiff if the bailiff is employed by an agency or is otherwise
under contract to an agency to provide bailiff services on
behalf of the agency;
(b) civil enforcemen t proceedings carried out by a bailiff are not
invalid by reason only that the bailiff carried out the civil
enforcement proceedings at a location that is outside the
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area within which the agency for which the bailiff provides
bailiff services is permitted to operate;
(c) where an agency has been given written instructions to carry
out a duty or function that is permitted pursuant to this Act
or another enactment, the agency has the responsibility to
carry out that duty or function when
(i) the fees and expenses that are prescribed or agreed to for
the carrying out of that duty or function have been paid
or arrangements that are satisfactory to the agency for
the payment of those fees and expenses have been made,
and
(ii) subject to the regulations , all reasonable security or
indemnification that is requested by the agency for the
carrying out of the duty or function has been provided;
(d) on the application of an ag ency or any interested person, the
Court may give directions as it considers appropriate in the
circumstances regarding the exercise or performance of any
of the agency's or bailiff's powers, duties or functions under
this Act or any other enactment.
1994 cC-10.5 s12