Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987

58 Simultaneous operation of earnings and current maintenance arrestment.S

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, one earnings arrestment and one current maintenance arrestment may be in effect simultaneously against earnings payable to the same debtor by the same employer.

(2)If on any pay-day the net earnings of the debtor are less than the total of the sums required to be paid under sections 47(1) and 51(1) of this Act, the employer shall—

(a)first operate the earnings arrestment; and

(b)secondly operate the current maintenance arrestment against the balance of the net earnings in accordance with section 53(1) of this Act.