Law of Distress and Small Debts (Ireland) Act, 1888

Appointment of bailiffs.

7. No person shall act as a bailiff in the city of Dublin to levy any distress for rent, or execute any decree of the Court of Conscience, or any such decree or order of the divisional justices as aforesaid, unless he shall be authorised to act as a bailiff by the municipal authority, by a certificate in writing under the hand of the Lord Mayor, or shall be otherwise authorised as provided by this Act. It shall be the duty of the municipal authority . . . . from time to time . . . . as shall be requisite, to appoint a sufficient number of fit and proper persons to act as such bailiffs, subject to the approval of the Recorder of Dublin, and it shall be lawful for the Recorder, if at any time he considers it necessary to do so, himself to appoint fit and proper persons to act as such bailiffs; and it shall be lawful for the persons so authorised to act until their certificates be withdrawn or suspended as provided by this Act.