Article 39 Amendments to the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971

In section 8 (interrelation with alternative remedies open to creditors), for subsection (5) substitute—

“(5)

An attachment of earnings order made to secure—

(a)

any payment mentioned in section 1(3)(c) of this Act; or

(b)

the payment of any sum mentioned in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003,

shall cease to have effect on the issue of a warrant committing the debtor to prison for default in making that payment.”