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(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, the debt recoverable by an earnings arrestment shall consist of the following sums, in so far as outstanding—
(a)any ordinary debt and any expenses due under the decree or other document on which the earnings arrestment proceeds;
(b)any interest on those sums which has accrued at the date of execution of the earnings arrestment; and
(c)the expenses incurred in executing the earnings arrestment and the charge which preceded it.
(2)In relation to arrears of maintenance, the ordinary debt referred to in subsection (1)(a) above shall be the amount of those arrears less any sum which the debtor is entitled to deduct from that amount under any enactment in respect of income tax.
(3)Any sum mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be included in the debt recoverable only if, and to the extent that, it is specified in the earnings arrestment schedule.
(4)It shall be competent for a creditor to enforce payment of more than one debt payable to him by the same debtor by means of a single earnings arrestment, whether the arrestment is executed in pursuance of the same warrant or of 2 or more different warrants authorising diligence.
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