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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1ATTACHMENT OF EARNINGS ORDERS

Prioritisation of orders

8.—(1) Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 9—

(a)in the definition of “attachment of earnings order”—

(i)for “100(4)” substitute “100(1)”, and

(ii)at the end insert “and such an order under section 18 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016”,

(b)after that definition insert—

collection order” means an order under section 3 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016;, and

(c)in the definition of “maintenance order”, for “that paragraph” substitute “Article 100(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981”.

(3) In paragraph 10—

(a)omit “by a court” in the first and third places it appears, and

(b)after “maintenance orders” insert “or collection orders”.

(4) In paragraph 11—

(a)omit “by a court” in the first, third and fourth places it appears,

(b)after “maintenance orders” insert “or collection orders”,

(c)in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), after “a maintenance order” insert “or a collection order”.