The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Contents and service of order E+W

Rule 10—(1) An attachment of earnings order shall contain such of the following particulars relating to the debtor as are known to the court, namely—

(a) his full name and address;

(b) his place of work; and

(c) the nature of his work and his works number, if any,

and those particulars shall be the prescribed particulars for the purposes of section 6 (3) of the Act of 1971.

(2) An attachment of earnings order and any order varying or discharging such an order shall be served on the debtor and on the person to whom the order is directed, and CPR Part 6 and CPR rules 40.4 and 40.5 shall apply with the further modification that where the order is directed to a corporation which has requested the court that any communication relating to the debtor or to the class of persons to whom he belongs shall be directed to the corporation at a particular address, service may, if the district judge thinks fit, be effected on the corporation at that address.

(3) Where an attachment of earnings order is made to enforce a judgment or order of the High Court or a magistrates' court, a copy of the attachment of earnings order and of any order discharging it shall be sent by the court officer of the county court to the court officer of the High Court, or, as the case may be, the [F1 [F2 designated officer] for] the magistrates' court.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 CCR Order 27 rule 10(3) substituted (15.10.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/256), rules 1(b), 27(b)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 CCR Order 27 rule 10(3) substituted (1.4.2005) by The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/617), art. 1, Sch. para. 176(b)