The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

Appeals against deduction from earnings orders

22.—(1) A liable person in respect of whom a deduction from earnings order has been made may appeal to the magistrates' court, or in Scotland the sheriff, having jurisdiction in the area in which he resides.

(2) Any appeal shall—

(a) be by way of complaint for an order or, in Scotland, by way of application;

(b) be made within 28 days of the date on which the matter appealed against arose.

(3) An appeal may be made only on one or both of the following grounds—

(a) that the deduction from earnings order is defective;

(b) that the payments in question do not constitute earnings.

(4) Where the court or, as the case may be, the sheriff is satisfied that the appeal should be allowed the court, or sheriff, may—

(a) quash the deduction from earnings order; or

(b) specify which, if any, of the payments in question do not constitute earnings.