SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Attachment of earnings orders: deductions at fixed rates

Part 2Consequential amendments

Amendment of section 17: Consolidated attachment orders

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Section 17(3) (rules of court made in connection with consolidated attachment orders) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (b) (rules relating to powers of court to which order etc transferred), after “vary” insert “ , suspend ”.

3

In paragraph (e) (rules modifying or excluding statutory provisions), after “provisions of this Act” insert “ , the fixed deductions scheme ”.

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After section 17(3) insert—

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Section 6(1A) applies to a consolidated attachment order which F1the county court makes to secure the payment of two or more judgment debts even if, immediately before the order is made, one or more of those debts is secured by a Schedule 3 deductions order.