151 Application of Act to distress for rates.E+W
(1)Justices may state a case under this Act when called upon to issue a warrant of distress for any rate other than a rate within the meaning of the M1General Rate Act 1967.
(2)Sections 79(2) and 100 above shall apply to proceedings for the non-payment of any rate to which subsection (1) above applies as they apply to proceedings for the non-payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a magistrates’ court.
(3)Except as provided in the preceding provisions of this section, the power of justices to issue a warrant of distress for a rate, the form and execution of such a warrant and the committal of persons for want of sufficient distress to satisfy a rate shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act.