Section 80: Amendments relating to distress

Local Government Act 2003 · 2003 c. 26View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Council tax

Schedule 4 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) (enforcement) is amended as follows.

In paragraph 5(1) (power to authorise making of attachment of earnings orders against persons subject to liability orders), in paragraph (a) (under which attachment of earnings may be authorised to secure payment of any outstanding sum which is or forms part of the amount in respect of which a liability order was made), for the words from "any outstanding sum" to the end there is substituted ." the appropriate amount "

After that sub-paragraph there is inserted—

In paragraph 7 (distress), after sub-paragraph (4) there is inserted—

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