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11: Clause 32, page 19, line 31, 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for a continuous period of two years the regular direct deduction order in question is to be treated as having been revoked at the end of that period.(4) Where a regular direct deduction order is treated as having been revoked by virtue of subsection (3), the Minister must give notice to that effect to—(a) the bank to which the order was given,(b) the liable person, and(c) in the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) Subsection (3) does not prevent the Minister 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 Minister is suspended for a continuous period of two years it may not be re-started.