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Attachment of Earnings Act 1971

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25 General interpretation.E+W

(1)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

  • administration order” means an order made under, and so referred to in, [F1Part VI of the County Courts Act 1984];

  • the court”, in relation to an attachment of earnings order, means the court which made the order, subject to rules of court as to the venue for, and the transfer of, proceedings in county courts and magistrates’ courts;

  • debtor” and “relevant adjudication” have the meanings given by section 2 of this Act;

  • the employer”, in relation to an attachment of earnings order, means the person who is required by the order to make deductions from earnings paid by him to the debtor;

  • judgment debt” has the meaning given by section 2 of this Act;

  • legal aid contribution order” means an order under [F2section 23 of the Legal Aid Act 1988]

  • maintenance order” has the meaning given by section 2 of this Act;

  • maintenance payments” means payments required under a maintenance order;

  • prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court; and

  • rules of court”, in relation to a magistrates’ court, means rules under [F3section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980];

and, in relation to a magistrates’ court, references to a single justice are to a justice of the peace acting for the same petty sessions area as the court.

(2)Any reference in this Act to sums payable under a judgment or order, or to the payment of such sums, includes a reference to costs and the payment of them; and the references in sections 6(4) and 12(2) to relevant costs are to any costs of the proceedings in which the attachment of earnings order in question was made, being costs which the debtor is liable to pay.

(3)References in sections 6(5)(b), 9(3)(b) and 14(1)(a) of this Act to the debtor’s needs include references to the needs of any person F4 for whom he must, or reasonably may, provide.

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(5)Any power to make rules which is conferred by this Act is without prejudice to any other power to make rules of court.

(6)This Act, so far as it relates to magistrates’ courts, and [F5Part III of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980]shall be construed as if this Act were contained in that Part.

(7)References in this Act to any enactment include references to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

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