Amendments to the Attachment of Earnings Act 197140
In section 9 (variation, lapse and discharge of orders)—
a
in subsection (1), after “The court” insert “, or where an attachment of earnings order is made under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003, the court or the fines officer as the case may be,”;
b
in subsection (3)—
i
in paragraph (a) after “order” insert “made under this Act”, and
ii
after paragraph (a) insert—
aa
as to the circumstances in which an attachment of earnings order made under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003 may be varied or discharged by the court or the fines officer of its or his own motion;
c
in subsection (4)—
i
after “until the court” insert “, or where the order was made under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003, unless and until the court or the fines officer as the case may be,”; and
ii
after “to the court” insert “or the fines officer (as the case may be)”.