{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/226",
  "legislation_title": "Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where the attachment of earnings order has been made by the High Court to secure payments under a maintenance order.\n(2) If on a pay-day the attachable earnings exceed the sum of—\n(a) the protected earnings; and\n(b) so much of any amount by which the attachable earnings on any previous pay-day fell short of the protected earnings as has not been made good by virtue of this sub-paragraph on another previous pay-day,\nthen, in so far as the excess allows, the employer shall deduct from the attachable earnings the amount specified in sub-paragraph (3).\n(3) The said amount is the sum of—\n(a) the normal deduction; and\n(b) so much of the normal deduction on any previous pay-day as was not deducted on that day and has not been paid by virtue of this sub-paragraph on any other previous pay-day.\n(4) No deduction shall be made on any pay-day when the attachable earnings are equal to, or less than, the protected earnings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/226/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:20.705084+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."
}