Legislation – Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, Section 104 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 April 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 104:

s. 13(8)(bza) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 23(2)
s. 13(8)(bzb) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 24(9)
s. 16(3)(a) word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(a)
s. 16(3)(b) and word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(b)
s. 16(3A)(3B) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(4)
s. 22(6) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)
s. 23(8) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(3)
s. 25A inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(1)
s. 29(3A) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 81(6)
Sch. 5 para. 11A and cross-heading inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(2)

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):

s. 13(8)(bza) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 23(2)
s. 13(8)(bzb) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 24(9)
s. 16(3)(a) word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(a)
s. 16(3)(b) and word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(b)
s. 16(3A)(3B) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(4)
s. 22(6) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)
s. 23(8) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(3)
s. 25A inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(1)
s. 29(3A) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 81(6)
Sch. 5 para. 11A and cross-heading inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(2)

Part 4Enforcement of judgments and orders

Information requests and orders

104Interpretation

(1)

This section applies for the purposes of sections 95 to 103.

(2)

In those provisions—

“Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

“creditor”, in relation to a judgment debt, means—

(a)

the person to whom the debt is payable (whether directly or through F1any court, an officer of any court or another person);

(b)

where the debt is payable under an administration order (within the meaning of Part 6 of the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)), any one of the creditors scheduled to the order;

“debtor”, in relation to a judgment debt, means the person by whom the debt is payable;

“departmental information request” has the meaning given by section 97;

“information” means information held in any form;

“information discloser”, in relation to an information order, has the meaning given by section 98(1)(a);

“information order” has the meaning given by section 98;

“judgment debt” means either of the following—

(a)

a sum which is payable under a judgment or order enforceable by the High Court F2, the family court or F3the county court;

(b)

a sum which, by virtue of an enactment, is recoverable as if it were payable under a judgment or order of the High Court F2, the family court or of F3the county court (including a sum which is so recoverable because a court so orders);

“required information”, in relation to an information order, has the meaning given by section 98(1)(b);

“relevant court”, in relation to an application under section 95, means the court to which the application is made.

(3)

Any reference to information held on behalf of a government department, or on behalf of an information discloser, includes a reference to any information which—

(a)

is held by a person who provides services to the department or to the information discloser, and

(b)

is held by that person in connection with the provision of those services.