# The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, Regulation 37: Making of attachment of earnings order

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a liability order has been made and the debtor against whom it was made is an individual, the authority which applied for the order may, subject to paragraph (4), make an order under this regulation to secure the payment of the appropriate amount.
(1A) For the purposes of this regulation the appropriate amount is the aggregate of—
(a) any outstanding sum which is or forms part of the amount in respect of which the liability order was made.
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) An order under this regulation—
(a) shall be in the form specifed in (and accordingly contain the matters specified in) Schedule 3; and
(b) shall remain in force until discharged under regulation 41(2) or the whole amount to which it relates has been paid (whether by attachment of earnings or otherwise).
(3) The authority may serve a copy of the order on a person who appears to the authority to have the debtor in his employment; and a person on whom it is so served who has the debtor in his employment shall comply with it.
(4) No order may be made under this regulation by an authority if the effect would be that the number of orders for the time being in force made by that authority in relation to the debtor in question exceeded two.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/613/regulation/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-administration-and-enforcement-regulations-1992/regulation-37
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