Part 4Enforcement of judgments and orders

Information requests and orders

104Interpretation

1

This section applies for the purposes of sections 95 to 103.

2

In those provisions—

  • Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

  • creditor”, in relation to a judgment debt, means—

    1. a

      the person to whom the debt is payable (whether directly or through F2any court, an officer of any court or another person);

    2. b

      where the debt is payable under an administration order (within the meaning of Part 6 of the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)), any one of the creditors scheduled to the order;

  • debtor”, in relation to a judgment debt, means the person by whom the debt is payable;

  • departmental information request” has the meaning given by section 97;

  • information” means information held in any form;

  • information discloser”, in relation to an information order, has the meaning given by section 98(1)(a);

  • information order” has the meaning given by section 98;

  • judgment debt” means either of the following—

    1. a

      a sum which is payable under a judgment or order enforceable by the High Court F3, the family court or F1the county court;

    2. b

      a sum which, by virtue of an enactment, is recoverable as if it were payable under a judgment or order of the High Court F3, the family court or of F1the county court (including a sum which is so recoverable because a court so orders);

  • required information”, in relation to an information order, has the meaning given by section 98(1)(b);

  • relevant court”, in relation to an application under section 95, means the court to which the application is made.

3

Any reference to information held on behalf of a government department, or on behalf of an information discloser, includes a reference to any information which—

a

is held by a person who provides services to the department or to the information discloser, and

b

is held by that person in connection with the provision of those services.