Member

96: Schedule 5, page 113, line 20, at end insert— “(3) Where the requirement is suspended for a continuous period of two years the regular direct deduction order in question is to be treated as having been revoked at the end of that period.(4) Where a regular direct deduction order is treated as having been revoked by virtue of sub-paragraph (3), the Secretary of State must give notice to that effect to—(a) the bank to which the order was given,(b) the liable person, and(c) in the case of a joint account, each of the other account holders.(5) Sub-paragraph (3) does not prevent the Secretary of State making a further regular direct deduction order in respect of the same liable person and account.”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment means that where the requirement to make deductions and payments under a regular direct deduction order made by the Secretary of State is suspended for a continuous period of two years it may not be re-started.