{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-collection-and-enforcement-regulations-1992/regulation-25H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-collection-and-enforcement-regulations-1992/regulation-25H.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1989",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-collection-and-enforcement-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/25H",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25H",
  "heading": "Priority as between orders – regular deduction orders",
  "text": "(1) Paragraphs (2) to (5) apply where one or more third party debt orders or garnishee orders provide for deductions to be made from the same account as that specified in a regular deduction order.\n(2) Where—\n(a) one or more third party debt orders or garnishee orders are served on a deposit-taker before or on the day a payment is due to be made under a regular deduction order; and\n(b) the regular deduction order was served on the same deposit-taker before those orders,\nthe deposit-taker must make that payment except where the deposit-taker has taken action to comply with the obligations under any third party debt order or garnishee order.\n(3) Where a regular deduction order is served after an interim third party debt order or a garnishee order nisi the deposit-taker must take action to comply with any of those orders before making a deduction under the regular deduction order.\n(4) Where paragraph (2) or (3) applies, the deposit-taker must take action to comply with any third party debt orders or garnishee orders before making further deductions under the regular deduction order.\n(5) Where a decision to revive a regular deduction order takes effect on the same day as or any day after a third party debt order or garnishee order has been served, the deposit-taker must take action to comply with any of those orders before making a deduction under the regular deduction order.\n(6) Paragraphs (1) to (5) do not apply to Scotland.\n(7) In Scotland, paragraphs (8) to (10) apply where a deposit-taker receives one or more arrestment schedules (“arrestments”) and a regular deduction order which apply to the same account.\n(8) Where—\n(a) one or more arrestments are served on a deposit-taker before or on the day a payment is due to be made under a regular deduction order; and\n(b) the regular deduction order was served on the same deposit-taker before any of those arrestments,\nthe deposit-taker must make that payment except where the deposit-taker has taken action to comply with the obligations under any of the arrestments.\n(9) Where paragraph (8) applies, the deposit-taker must take action to comply with any of those arrestments before making further deductions under the regular deduction order.\n(10) Where a decision to revive a regular deduction order takes effect on the same day as or any day after any arrestments have been served, the deposit-taker must take action to comply with any of those arrestments before making a deduction under the regular deduction order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3A inserted (3.8.2009) by Child Support Collection and Enforcement (Deduction Orders) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1815), regs. 1(1), 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1989/regulation/25H",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:17:21.090573+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."
}