Attachment of Earnings Act 1971
Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (1971 c. 32)
- Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (1971 c. 32)
- Cases in which attachment is available
- 1 Courts with power to attach earnings.
- 1A Orders to which this Act applies
- 2 Principal definitions.
- 3 Application for order and conditions of court’s power to make it.
- Administration orders in the county court
- 4 Extension of power to make administration order.
- 5 Attachment of earnings to secure payments under administration order.
- Consequences of attachment order
- 6 Effect and contents of order.
- 7 Compliance with order by employer.
- 8 Interrelation with alternative remedies open to creditor.
- Subsequent proceedings
- 9 Variation, lapse and discharge of orders.
- 10 Normal deduction rate to be reduced in certain cases.
- 11 Attachment order in respect of maintenance payments to cease to have effect on the occurrence of certain events.
- 12 Termination of employer’s liability to make deductions.
- Administrative provisions
- 13 Application of sums received by collecting officer.
- 14 Power of court to obtain statements of earnings etc.
- 15 Obligation of debtor and his employers to notify changes of employment and earnings.
- 16 Power of court to determine whether particular payments are earnings.
- 17 Consolidated attachment orders.
- Special provisions with respect to magistrates’ courts
- 18 Certain action not to be taken by collecting officer except on request.
- 19 Procedure on applications.
- 20 Jurisdiction in respect of persons residing outside England and Wales.
- 21 Costs on application under s. 16.
- Miscellaneous provisions
- 22 Persons employed under the Crown.
- 23 Enforcement provisions.
- 24 Meaning of “earnings”.
- 25 General interpretation.
- General
- 26 Transitional provision.
- 27 Consequential amendment of enactments.
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- 29 Citation, repeal, extent and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Maintenance orders to which this Act applies
- SCHEDULE 2 Taxes, social security contributions etc. relevant for purposes of section 3(6)
- SCHEDULE 3 Deductions by employer under attachment of earnings order
- Part I Scheme of deductions
- Preliminary definitions
- Employer’s deduction (judgment debts and administration orders)
- Employer’s deduction (other cases)
- Part II Priority as between orders
- SCHEDULE 5 Section 20 of Maintenance Orders Act 1958 as having effect in consequence of this Act
- Special provisions as to magistrates’ courts.
- SCHEDULE 6 Enactments Repealed
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