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Taxes Management Act 1970

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66County courts

(1)Where the amount of tax for the time being due and payable under any assessment does not exceed the limit specified in section 40(1)(b) of the [1959 c. 22.] County Courts Act 1959 (money recoverable by statute), as for the time being in force, the tax may, without prejudice to any other remedy, be sued for and recovered from the person charged therewith as a debt due to the Crown by proceedings in a county court commenced in the name of a collector.

(2)Any barrister who is an officer of the Board may appear in, conduct, defend and address the court in any legal proceedings under this section in a county court in England or Wales.

(3)In the application of subsection (1) of this section to Northern Ireland, for the reference to section 40(1)(b) of the County Courts Act 1959 there shall be substituted a reference to section 10(1) of the [1959 c. 25 (N.I.).] County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, and in this section as it applies in Northern Ireland the expression " county court " shall mean a county court held for a division under that Act.

(4)Sections 21 and 42(2) of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.).] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply as if any reference in those provisions to any enactment included a reference to this section, and Part III of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (general civil jurisdiction) shall apply for the purposes of this section in Northern Ireland.

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