2Interpretation

1

The following definitions apply for the purposes of section 1.

2

A community charge liability is a liability to pay any—

a

charge imposed under section 7 of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (“the 1987 Act”),

b

charge imposed under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to that Act.

3

An associated liability is a liability to pay any—

a

civil penalty imposed under section 17 of the 1987 Act (including one imposed by virtue of section 18A of that Act),

b

sum by way of interest arising under section 18(3)(a) of that Act,

c

surcharge arising under section 18(3)(b) of that Act,

d

surcharge arising under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act,

e

expense which—

i

was incurred in the course of, or in relation to, the execution of a summary warrant or decree that section 1(2) makes wholly unenforceable, and

ii

an enactment makes chargeable against the person who was the debtor under the summary warrant or decree.

4

For the avoidance of doubt, a reference in subsection (3) to a provision of the 1987 Act includes the provision as it applies by virtue of paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to that Act.