Interpretation

Current

(1)

In this Part—

civil debt determination—see section 49(3);

Court means the Magistrates Court;

debt means an amount of money owed to a public authority that is recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction, but does not include—

(a)

a pecuniary sum; or

(b)

an amount payable under an expiation notice; or

(c)

a judgment debt; or

(d)

a debt of a prescribed kind;

debtor—see section 49(1);

enforcement notice—see section 51;

judgment debt has the same meaning as in the Enforcement of Judgments Act 1991;

public authority means—

(a)

an administrative unit or other agency or instrumentality of the Crown;

(b)

any incorporated or unincorporated body—

(iii)

established or subject to control or direction by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or any instrumentality or agency of the Crown (whether or not established by or under an Act or an enactment); or

(c)

a person or body declared by the regulations to be a public authority for the purposes of this Part, but does not include a prescribed public authority.

(2)

Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Part to a debt includes a reference to—

(a)

the amount outstanding of such a debt or, if a number of debts have been aggregated, the amount outstanding of the aggregated debts; and

(b)

any fees, charges or other amounts which are, in accordance with this

Part, added to and form part of such a debt.

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