# Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, Section 1: Courts with power to attach earnings.

Extent: E+W

(1) The High Court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court maintenance order.
(1A) The family court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court or family court maintenance order.
(2) The county court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) the payment of a judgment debt, other than a debt of less than £5 or such other sum as may be prescribed by rules of court; or
(c) payments under an administration order.
(3) A magistrates’ court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) the payment of any sum required to be paid under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) Any power conferred by this Act to make an attachment of earnings order includes a power to make such an order to secure the discharge of liabilities arising before the coming into force of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/attachment-of-earnings-act-1971/section-1
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