# The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011, Paragraph 4: Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c.32)


(1) The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (principal definitions), in the definition of “maintenance order”—
(a) after “any order” insert “ , decision, settlement or instrument ”;
(b) for “such an order” substitute “ one ”;
(c) after “discharged” insert “ or has otherwise ceased to operate ”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (which lists maintenance orders to which that Act applies) after paragraph 14 insert—
“14A (1) A decision, court settlement or authentic instrument which falls to be enforced by a magistrates' court by virtue of the Maintenance Regulation and the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011.
(2) In this paragraph—
“the Maintenance Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 including as applied in relation to Denmark by virtue of the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark;
“decision”, “court settlement” and “authentic instrument” have the meanings given by Article 2 of that Regulation.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1484/schedule/7/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-maintenance-regulations-2011/schedule-7/paragraph-4
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