{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/attachment-of-earnings-act-1971/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/attachment-of-earnings-act-1971/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/32",
  "legislation_title": "Attachment of Earnings Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/attachment-of-earnings-act-1971",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of an attachment of earnings order made to secure the payment of a judgment debt or payments under an administration order, the employer shall on any pay-day—\n(a) if the attachable earnings exceed the protected earnings, deduct from the attachable earnings the amount of the excess or the normal deduction, whichever is the less;\n(b) make no deduction if the attachable earnings are equal to, or less than, the protected earnings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:08.042823+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}