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The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Section 108 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 October 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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108.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), a person commits an offence if—
(a)being required by Article 102(1) or 104(2) to comply with an attachment of earnings order, he fails to do so; or
(b)being required by Article 102(5) to give a notice for the purposes of that paragraph, he fails to give it, or fails to give it within the period required by that paragraph; or
(c)he fails to comply with a direction under Article 105(1) or (2); or
(d)he fails to comply with Article 106; or
(e)he gives a notice for the purposes of Article 102(5), or a notification for the purposes of Article 106, which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly gives such a notice or notification which is false in a material particular; or
(f)in purported compliance with Article 102(5), or (8)(b) or 106, or with a direction under Article 105(1) or (2), he makes any statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular.
(2) Where a person commits an offence under paragraph (1) he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F1 level 3 on the standard scale].
(3) Where a person who has been convicted under paragraph (2) commits a second or subsequent offence under the same provision of paragraph (1) in relation to the same provision of this Order (and in the case of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) in relation to the same attachment of earnings order) paragraph (2) shall have effect as if the reference therein to £100 were to £400.
(4) It shall be a defence—
(a)for a person charged with an offence under paragraph (1)(a) to prove that he took all reasonable steps to comply with the attachment of earnings order in question;
(b)for a person charged with an offence under paragraph (1)(b) to prove that he did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know,—
(i)that the debtor was not in his employment, or (as the case may be)
(ii)that the debtor had ceased to be in his employment,
and that he gave the required notice as soon as reasonably practicable after the fact came to his knowledge.
(5) It shall also be a defence for a person charged with an offence under paragraph (1)(b) of failing to give notice that the debtor had ceased to be in his employment to prove that he had had reasonable cause to believe that the court had knowledge of the cesser.
(6) Where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) a court of summary jurisdiction may order him to pay to the collecting officerF2. . . or the creditor (as the case requires) any sums deducted by that person from debtor's earnings and not already so paid.
(7) Any sum ordered by the court to be paid under paragraph (6) shall be recoverable as a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction.
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