The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

33.  In section 155 (inalienability of certain pensions), after subsection (4) insert—

(4A) Where a person—

(a)is entitled or prospectively entitled as is mentioned in subsection (1), or

(b)is entitled to such rights or to such a payment as is mentioned in subsection (4),

no order shall be made by any court or the Enforcement of Judgments Office the effect of which would be that he would be restrained from receiving anything the assignment of which is or would be made void by either of those subsections.

(4B) Subsection (4A) does not prevent the making of an attachment of earnings order under the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981..