Section 1 Courts with power to attach earnings.

England and Wales

(1)

The High Court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court maintenance order.

F1(1A)

The family court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court or family court maintenance order.

(2)

F2The county court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure—

F3(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 F4rules of court; or

(c)

payments under an administration order.

(3)

A magistrates’ court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure—

F5(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

the payment of any sum required to be F7paid under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

(4)

F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 1(1A) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 21(2); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F2: Words in s. 1(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 25(2)(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F3: S. 1(2)(a) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 21(3); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F4: Words in s. 1(2)(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 25(2)(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F5: S. 1(3)(a) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 21(4); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F6: S. 1(3)(b) omitted (3.7.2006) by virtue of The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), art. 35(a)(ii)
F7: Words in s. 1(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 5 para. 6; S.I. 2013/453, art. 3(h) (with S.I. 2013/534, art. 6)
F8: S. 1(4) omitted (3.7.2006) by virtue of The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), art. 35(b)