Courts Act 2003

[F1 Attachment of earnings order or application for benefit deductions where P is liable to pay compensation E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 para. 7A inserted (3.7.2006) by The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order (S.I. 2006/1737), arts. 1, 11

7A (1) This paragraph applies if the sum due consists of or includes a sum required to be paid by a compensation order[F2 , an unlawful profit order or a slavery and trafficking reparation order]. E+W

(2) The relevant court must make an attachment of earnings order if it appears to the court—

(a) that P is in employment, and

(b) that it is not impracticable or inappropriate to make the order.

(3) The relevant court must make an application for benefit deductions if it appears to the court—

(a) that P is entitled to a relevant benefit, and

(b) that it is not impracticable or inappropriate to make the application.

(4) If it appears to the court that (apart from this sub-paragraph) both sub-paragraph (2) and sub-paragraph (3) would apply, the court must make either an attachment of earnings order or an application for benefit deductions.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 5 para. 7A(1) substituted (31.7.2015) by Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30), s. 61(1), Sch. 5 para. 23(3); S.I. 2015/1476, reg. 2(j)