Crime and Courts Act 2013

Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32)

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21(1)Section 1 (courts with power to attach earnings) is amended as follows.

(2)After subsection (1) insert—

(1A)The family court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under a High Court or family court maintenance order.

(3)In subsection (2) (county court) omit paragraph (a) (maintenance orders).

(4)In subsection (3) (magistrates’ courts) omit paragraph (a) (maintenance orders).