HL Deb 22 July 1991 vol 531 cc539-40

77 Clause 36, page 24, line 44, leave out from 'sought' to 'he' in line 46 and insert—

  1. (a) to levy an amount by distress under this Act; or
  2. (b) to recover an amount by virtue of section (Enforcement in the county courts),
and that amount, or any portion of it, remains unpaid'.

78 Page 25, line 20, leave out '21' and insert '18'.

79 Page 26, line 13, at end insert: '(14) Where a liability order has been made, the Secretary of State (and he alone) shall be regarded as, and may exercise all the powers of, the creditor for the purposes of section 4 (imprisonment for failure to obey decree for alimentary debt) of the Civil Imprisonment (Scotland) Act 1882.'.

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 77 to 79. I spoke to these amendments with Amendment No. 73.

Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 77 to 79.—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.