PAYMENTS FOR DEBT (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971

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PAYMENTS FOR DEBT (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 16

Expenses.

16.(1) In this Act

"the Act of 1966" [, "the 1977 Order"] and "the Act of 1971" have the meanings
assigned to them by section 1(3);

"appropriate authority" means

(a)for the purposes of giving full effect to section 1, the Minister of
Finance or such other Minister of Northern Ireland as the Minister of Finance
may specify;

(b)for the purposes of giving full effect to section 2, the Minister of
Development14 [in relation to the debts mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b)
of that section or the head of the Department of Commerce in relation to the
debts and charges mentioned in subsection (1)(c) of that section;]

(c)for the purposes of giving full effect to sections 3 to 14, the [Lord
Chancellor];

"defaulter" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3;

"emergency enforcement order" means any such order as is specified in
section 4(1);

["the Judgments Enforcement Order" means the Judgments Enforcement (Northern
Ireland) Order 1981;]

"local or public authority" includes

(a)any local authority;

(b)any body or person exercising functions under any transferred provision;

(c)any body or person appointed, wholly or partly, by the Governor of Northern
Ireland, or by the Speakers of the Senate and House of Commons of Northern
Ireland, or by any Minister or Ministry of Northern Ireland (whether upon, or
partly upon, the nomination of any other person or otherwise); and

(d)any body or person whose accounts are audited by or on behalf of, or are
examined and reported on by or on behalf of, the Comptroller and
Auditor-General for Northern Ireland;

"Master" means the Master [(Enforcement of Judgments)] and, to the extent to
which any functions under this Act are assigned by the Master to any [Judicial
Officer (Enforcement of Judgments)], includes that officer;

Definition rep. by 1980 NI 8 art.16 sch.4 Pt.I

"transferred provision" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(g) of the
Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(2) Expressions in sections 3 to 16 have the same meanings as they have in
[the Judgments Enforcement Order.]

(3) References in this Act to moneys or sums due include references to moneys
or sums due from whatever cause or payable by or to any person in whatsoever
capacity, whether as principal or agent, and shall include moneys due at any
time on or after the 1st April 1971 but not moneys becoming due before that
date.

(4) References in this Act to rent due in respect of housing accommodation
include

(a)references to any sum certified by an appropriate authority as appearing to
it to be fairly chargeable to any person in respect of the use and occupation
of any housing accommodation if he is not lawfully the tenant or occupier of
that accommodation; and

(b)references to any sum chargeable in respect of heating, lighting or other
services whatsoever provided for persons using or occupying housing
accommodation.

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PAYMENTS FOR DEBT (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 16