{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/attachment-of-earnings-act-1971/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/attachment-of-earnings-act-1971/schedule-3/paragraph-6.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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The following provision shall have effect in the case of an attachment of earnings order to which paragraph 5 above and paragraph 6A below do not apply.\n(2) If on a pay-day the attachable earnings exceed the sum of—\n(a) the protected earnings; and\n(b) so much of any amount by which the attachable earnings on any previous pay-day fell short of the protected earnings as has not been made good by virtue of this sub-paragraph on another previous pay-day,\nthen, in so far as the excess allows, the employer shall deduct from the attachable earnings the amount specified in the following sub-paragraph.\n(3) The said amount is the sum of—\n(a) the normal deduction; and\n(b) so much of the normal deduction on any previous pay-day as was not deducted on that day and has not been paid by virtue of this sub-paragraph on any other previous pay-day.\n(4) No deduction shall be made on any pay-day when the attachable earnings are equal to, or less than, the protected earnings.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 6(1) substituted (3.7.2006) by The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), art. 45(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/schedule/3/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}