Attachment of Earnings Act 1971
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1 Courts with power to attach earnings.
(1) The High Court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court maintenance order. (1A) The family court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court or family court maintenance order. (2) The county court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) the payment of a judgment debt, other than a debt of less than £5 or such other sum as may be prescribed by rules of court; or (c) payments under an administration order. (3) A magistrates’ court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) the payment of any sum required to be paid under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) Any power conferred by this Act to make an attachment of earnings order includes a power to make such an order to secure the discharge of liabilities arising before the coming into force of this Act.
1 Courts with power to attach earnings.
(1) The High Court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court maintenance order. (1A) The family court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court or family court maintenance order. (2) The county court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) the payment of a judgment debt, other than a debt of less than £5 or such other sum as may be prescribed by rules of court; or (c) payments under an administration order. (3) A magistrates’ court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) the payment of any sum required to be paid under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) Any power conferred by this Act to make an attachment of earnings order includes a power to make such an order to secure the discharge of liabilities arising before the coming into force of this Act.
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