PART VIIMiscellaneous and Supplementary

Miscellaneous

151Application of Act to distress for rates

1

Justices may state a case under this Act when called upon to issue a warrant of distress for any rate other than a rate within the meaning of the [1967 c. 9.] General Rate Act 1967.

2

Sections 79(2) and 100 above shall apply to proceedings for the non-payment of any rate to which subsection (1) above applies as they apply to proceedings for the non-payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a magistrates' court.

3

Except as provided in the preceding provisions of this section, the power of justices to issue a warrant of distress for a rate, the form and execution of such a warrant and the committal of persons for want of sufficient distress to satisfy a rate shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act.