21(1)Section 83 (powers of court where clerk deceived) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)in paragraph (a), after “fixed penalty clerk” insert “or the Secretary of State”, and
(b)in paragraph (b), for the words from “Act the” to “the counterpart” substitute “Act the appropriate person is deceived as to whether proceedings against the person are excluded by section 76 of this Act”.
(3)In the heading, for “where clerk deceived” substitute “in cases of deception”.