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Attachment of Earnings Act 1971
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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/1125 reg. 8 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2018/1125, reg. 8 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 5 para. 4(4))
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 6(1A)(1B) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 2(2) (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 6A inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 3
- s. 9(1A) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 4
- s. 9A inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 5 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 14(1A) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 10 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 14(2A) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 12
- s. 14(4A)(4B) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 14
- s. 15A-15D inserted by 2007 c. 15 s. 92 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 17(4) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 18 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 23(1ZA) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 21 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 25(2)(c) words inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 22
- s. 25(2)(f) words inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 22
- Sch. 3A inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 7 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
1 Courts with power to attach earnings.E+W
(1)The High Court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court maintenance order.
[F1(1A)The family court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court or family court maintenance order.]
(2)[F2The county court may] make an attachment of earnings order to secure—
F3(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 [F4rules of court]; or
(c)payments under an administration order.
(3)A magistrates’ court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure—
F5(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)the payment of any sum required to be [F7paid under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012].
(4)F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1(1A) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 21(2); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2Words in s. 1(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 25(2)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F3S. 1(2)(a) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 21(3); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F4Words in s. 1(2)(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 25(2)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F5S. 1(3)(a) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 21(4); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F6S. 1(3)(b) omitted (3.7.2006) by virtue of The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), art. 35(a)(ii)
F7Words in s. 1(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 5 para. 6; S.I. 2013/453, art. 3(h) (with S.I. 2013/534, art. 6)
F8S. 1(4) omitted (3.7.2006) by virtue of The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), art. 35(b)
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