(1)Section 70 of the 1987 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), for the words “, if reasonably practicable,” substitute “ take all reasonably practicable steps to ”.
(3)After subsection (4), insert—
“(4A)An employer on whom an earnings arrestment schedule or a current maintenance arrestment schedule is served shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable—
(a)intimate a copy of it to the debtor; and
(b)notify the debtor of—
(i)the date on which the first deduction is made; and
(ii)the sum so deducted.
(4B)An employer on whom a copy of a conjoined arrestment order is served shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the debtor of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (4A)(b) above.”.