Cases in which attachment is available
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.
2
A county court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure—
a
payments under a High Court or a county court maintenance order;
b
the payment of a judgment debt, other than a debt of less than £5 or such other sum as may be prescribed by county court rules; or
c
payments under an administration order.
3
A magistrates’ court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure—
a
payments under a magistrates’ court maintenance order;F1 or
b
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c
the payment of any sum required to be paid by an F3order under section 17(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999.
4
F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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.