The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

Duties of debtors subject to liability order E+W

36.—(1) Where a liability order has been made, the debtor against whom it was made shall, during such time as the amount in respect of which the order was made remains wholly or partly unpaid, be under a duty to supply relevant information to the billing authority on whose application it was made.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), relevant information is such information as fulfils the following conditions—

(a) it is in the debtor’s possession or control;

(b) the billing authority requests him by notice given in writing to supply it; and

(c) it falls within paragraph (3).

(3) Information falls within this paragraph if it is specifed in the notice mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) and it falls within one or more of the following descriptions—

(a) information as to the name and address of an employer of the debtor;

(b) information as to earnings or expected earnings of the debtor;

(c) information as to deductions and expected deductions from such earnings in respect of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition of “net earnings” in regulation 32 or attachment of earnings orders made under this Part [F1 , regulation 32 of the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989], the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971(1) or the Child Support Act 1991(2);

(d) information as to the debtor’s work or identity number in an employment, or such other information as will enable an employer of the debtor to identify him;

(e) information as to sources of income of the debtor other than an employer of his;

(f) information as to whether another person is jointly and severally liable with the debtor for the whole or any part of the amount in respect of which the order was made.

(4) Information is to be supplied within 14 days of the day on which the request is made.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 36(3)(c) inserted (1.4.1993) by The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/773), regs. 1, 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 36(1) applied (1.4.1995) by The Local Government Changes for England (Community Charge and Council Tax, Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/247), regs. 1, 21

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 36 in force at 1.4.1992, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1971 c. 32.

(2)

1991 c. 48.