Paragraph 22 Application of Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 to attachment of earnings orders made by the Crown CourtI1

The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 is amended as follows.

In section 6(7) (collecting officer of the court for purposes of attachment of earnings order), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aza)

in the case of an order made by the Crown Court under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003 in relation to a sum required to be paid under a confiscation order, the designated officer for the collecting magistrates’ court in relation to the confiscation order (within the meaning given by section 35K(4) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002);”.

In section 15D (interpretation of provisions relating to finding the debtor’s employer) (as inserted by section 92 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)

If the lapsed order was made by the Crown Court under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003, the proper authority is the Crown Court, a magistrates’ court or the designated officer for a magistrates’ court.”

In section 17 (consolidated attachment orders), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

The powers of the Crown Court under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003 include power to make an attachment of earnings order to secure the discharge of any number of such liabilities as are specified in paragraph 1(1A) of that Schedule.”