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Regulation 31 Duties of debtors subject to liability order

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(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 charging 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 charging 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 specified 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 or expected deductions from such earnings in respect of income tax, primary class 1 contributions under Part I of the Social Security Act 1975 or attachment of earnings orders made under this Part or under the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971;

(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; or

(e)

information as to sources of income of the debtor other than an employer of his.

(4)

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