Part 1Assignation

Chapter 1Assignation of claims, protection of debtors and related matters

Assignation of claims

7Claim in respect of wages or salary

(1)

It is not competent for an individual to assign a claim in respect of wages or salary payable to the individual.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), “wages” and “salary” include—

(a)

any of the following which is referable to the individual’s employment (whether or not payable under the individual’s contract of employment)—

(i)

a fee,

(ii)

a bonus,

(iii)

commission,

(iv)

holiday pay, or

(v)

any other emolument,

(b)

any payment in respect of expenses incurred by the individual in carrying out that employment, and

(c)

if the individual is dismissed from that employment by reason of redundancy, any payment referable to the redundancy.

(3)

Nothing in subsection (1) affects the operation of any other enactment allowing the assignation of a claim such as is mentioned in that subsection in particular circumstances.