{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-89.12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-89.12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/89.12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "89.12",
  "heading": "Application to determine whether particular payments are earnings",
  "text": "(1) An application to the court under section 16 of the Act of 1971 to determine whether payments to the debtor of a particular class or description are earnings for the purpose of an attachment of earnings order must be made to the debtor’s home court.\n(2) Upon receipt of an application under paragraph (1), the court officer must—\n(a) fix a date and time for the hearing of the application; and\n(b) give notice of the hearing to the persons mentioned in section 16(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the 1971 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 89 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/234), rules 2, 20, Sch. 2 (with rule 25)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/89.12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}