SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Collection of fines AND OTHER SUMS IMPOSED ON CONVICTION
Part 3Attachment of earnings orders and applications for benefit deductions
F1Paragraphs 9A and 9B: supplementary
9C
(1)
This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraphs 9A and 9B.
(2)
“Benefit status”, in relation to P, means whether or not P is in receipt of any prescribed benefit or benefits and, if so (in the case of each benefit)—
(a)
which benefit it is,
(b)
where it is already subject to deductions under any enactment, the nature of the deductions concerned, and
(c)
the amount received by P by way of the benefit, after allowing for any such deductions.
(3)
“Information” means information held in any form.
(4)
“Prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.
(5)
Nothing in paragraph 9A or 9B authorises the making of a disclosure which contravenes the Data Protection Act 1998.