Local Government Finance Act 1988

12As regards a case where a magistrates’ court has made a liability order, regulations under this Schedule may include provision that—

(a)attachment of earnings may be resorted to more than once;

(b)deductions from income support may be resorted to more than once;

(c)distress may be resorted to more than once;

(d)attachment of earnings, deductions from income support and distress (or any two of them) may be resorted to in any order or alternately (or both);

(e)steps by way of attachment, deduction, distress, commitment, bankruptcy, winding up or charging may not be taken while steps by way of another of those methods are being taken;

(f)where a warrant of commitment is issued against (or a term of imprisonment is fixed in the case of) the person concerned no steps, or no further steps, by way of attachment, deduction, distress, bankruptcy or charging may be taken.