Paragraph 41 I1

In section 159 (inalienability of certain pensions), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A)

Where a person—

(a)

is entitled or prospectively entitled as is mentioned in subsection (1), or

(b)

is entitled to such rights or to such a payment as is mentioned in subsection (4),

no order shall be made by any court the effect of which would be that he would be restrained from receiving anything the assignment of which is or would be made void by either of those subsections.

(4B)

Subsection (4A) does not prevent the making of an attachment of earnings order under the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971.”