Paragraph 3
England and Wales
Without prejudice to paragraph 2, any sum required to be paid by a contribution order shall be enforceable by the High Court or a county court as if the sum were due to the clerk of the collecting court in pursuance of a judgment or order of the High Court or county court, as the case may be.
The clerk of the collecting court shall not take proceedings by virtue of this paragraph unless authorised to do so by the court.
This paragraph shall not authorise—
the enforcement of a sum required to be paid by a contribution order by issue of a writ of fieri facias or other process against goods or by imprisonment or attachment of earnings; F1 . . .
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Schedule 3, Pt. I, para. 3(3); para. 3(3)(b) and the word "or" preceeding it omitted by virtue of S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Schedule, Pt.I
Modifications
- C1
Schedule 3, Pt.I, para. 3(1) extended by S.I. 1991/724, art.2(1)(m)
Notes on Schedule 3
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3 repealed (2.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. I (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 3(b) (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 paras. 2, 5)