8.—(1) This paragraph applies where the attachment of earnings order has been made by the High Court to secure payments under a maintenance order.N.I.
(2) If on a pay-day the attachable earnings exceed the sum of—
(a)the protected earnings; and
(b)so much of any amount by which the attachable earnings on any previous pay-day fell short of the protected earnings as has not been made good by virtue of this sub-paragraph on another previous pay-day,
then, in so far as the excess allows, the employer shall deduct from the attachable earnings the amount specified in sub-paragraph (3).
(3) The said amount is the sum of—
(a)the normal deduction; and
(b)so much of the normal deduction on any previous pay-day as was not deducted on that day and has not been paid by virtue of this sub-paragraph on any other previous pay-day.
(4) No deduction shall be made on any pay-day when the attachable earnings are equal to, or less than, the protected earnings.