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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

moved Amendment No. 134: 134: Clause 22, page 12, leave out lines 32 to 45 and insert— ““(1) The Commission may make an order under this section if it appears to the Commission that a person (referred to in this section and sections 32E to 32G as ““the liable person””) has failed to pay an amount of child support maintenance and— (a) an amount stands to the credit of an account held by the liable person with a deposit-taker; or (b) an amount not within paragraph (a) that is of a prescribed description is due or accruing to the liable person from another person (referred to in this section and sections 32E to 32G as the ““third party””). (1A) An order under this section— (a) may not be made by virtue of subsection (1)(a) in respect of an account of a prescribed description; and (b) may be made by virtue of subsection (1)(a) in respect of a joint account which is held by the liable person and one or more other persons, and which is not of a description prescribed under paragraph (a) of this subsection, if (but only if) regulations made by the Secretary of State so provide. (1B) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to conditions that are to be disregarded in determining whether an amount is due or accruing to the liable person for the purposes of subsection (1)(b).”” On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendment No. 135 not moved.]