# Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Paragraph 8


(1) This paragraph applies where the attachment of earnings order has been made by the High Court to secure payments under a maintenance order.
(2) If on a pay-day the attachable earnings exceed the sum of—
(a) the protected earnings; and
(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,
then, in so far as the excess allows, the employer shall deduct from the attachable earnings the amount specified in sub-paragraph (3).
(3) The said amount is the sum of—
(a) the normal deduction; and
(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.
(4) No deduction shall be made on any pay-day when the attachable earnings are equal to, or less than, the protected earnings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/226/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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