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)”.