Finance Act, 1982

Amendment of section 485 (recovery by sheriff or country registrar) of Income Tax Act, 1967.

10.Section 485 (5) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended, with effect as on and from the date of the passing of this Act—

(a) by the substitution in paragraphs (a) and (b) of “£15,000” for “£2,000” (inserted by the Finance Act, 1972 ), and

(b) by the substitution in paragraphs (b) and (c) of “£2,500” for “£250” (inserted by the Finance Act, 1972 ),

and the said paragraphs, as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(a) if the sum certified in the certificate to be in default exceeds £15,000, to charge and (where appropriate) to add to that sum and (in any case) to levy under the certificate such fees and expenses, calculated according to the scales appointed by the Minister for Justice under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 14 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926 , and for the time being in force, as he would be entitled so to charge or add and to levy if the certificate were an execution order within the meaning of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926 , (in this section referred to as an “execution order”) of the High Court,

(b) if the sum certified in the certificate to be in default exceeds £2,500 but does not exceed £15,000, to charge and (where appropriate) to add to that sum and (in any case) to levy under the certificate such fees and expenses, calculated according to the said scales, as he would be entitled so to charge or add and to levy if the certificate were an execution order of the Circuit Court, and

(c) if the sum certified in the certificate to be in default does not exceed £2,500, to charge and (where appropriate) to add to that sum and (in any case) to levy under the certificate such fees and expenses, calculated according to the said scales, as he would be entitled so to charge or add and to levy if the certificate were an execution order of the District Court.