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            An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the attachment of earnings as a means of enforcing the discharge of monetary obligations.</dc:description><dc:date>1978-06-30</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-05-17</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2020-12-31</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/body" NumberOfProvisions="30" RestrictStartDate="2014-04-22"><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/crossheading/special-provisions-with-respect-to-magistrates-courts" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/crossheading/special-provisions-with-respect-to-magistrates-courts" NumberOfProvisions="4" id="crossheading-special-provisions-with-respect-to-magistrates-courts" RestrictStartDate="2014-04-22"><Title> Special provisions with respect to magistrates’ courts</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2014-04-22"><Title> Certain action not to be taken by collecting officer except on request.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18" id="section-18"><Pnumber>18</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1" id="section-18-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-3abb7aeb0b7a5e0eca99369700987df6-1478706025556" CommentaryRef="key-3abb7aeb0b7a5e0eca99369700987df6">Where payments under a maintenance order are payable to the family court or an officer of the family court for transmission to a person, no officer of the family court is to—</Substitution></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1/a" id="section-18-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>apply for an attachment of earnings order to secure payments under the maintenance order; or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1/b" id="section-18-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>except as provided by section 10(3) of this Act, apply for an order discharging or varying such an attachment of earnings order; or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1/c" id="section-18-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>apply for a determination under section 16 of this Act,</Text></P3para></P3><Text>unless he is requested in writing to do so by a person entitled to receive the payments through <Substitution ChangeId="key-ccd53f97b503392d2b44b1d11499122a-1478706116108" CommentaryRef="key-ccd53f97b503392d2b44b1d11499122a">the family court or an officer of that court</Substitution>.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/2" id="section-18-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where  <Substitution ChangeId="key-3f6b22346f6cab3f55d042b9758c5bee-1478706219724" CommentaryRef="key-3f6b22346f6cab3f55d042b9758c5bee">an officer of the family court</Substitution> is so requested—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/2/a" id="section-18-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>he shall comply with the request unless it appears to him unreasonable in the circumstances to do so; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/2/b" id="section-18-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the person by whom the request was made shall have the same liabilities for all the costs properly incurred in or about any proceedings taken in pursuance of the request as if the proceedings had been taken by that person.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/3" id="section-18-3"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-10ba44da8168c4df7a346cc937db4b8b"/>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-3abb7aeb0b7a5e0eca99369700987df6" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00006" SectionRef="section-18-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1">s. 18(1)</CitationSubRef> substituted (22.4.2014) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22" id="ccxces5g2-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2013" Number="22" Title="Crime and Courts Act 2013">Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00008" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00007" SectionRef="section-61-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/section/61/3">s. 61(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00009" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00007" SectionRef="schedule-10-paragraph-30-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/10/paragraph/30/2/a" Operative="true">Sch. 10 para. 30(2)(a)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954" id="ccxces5g2-00010" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="954" Title="The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014">S.I. 2014/954</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00011" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00010" SectionRef="article-2-d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/2/d">art. 2(d)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00012" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00010" SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>) (with transitional provisions and savings in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/956" id="ccxces5g2-00013" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="956">S.I. 2014/956</Citation>, arts. 3-11)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-ccd53f97b503392d2b44b1d11499122a" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00020" SectionRef="section-18-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/1">s. 18(1)</CitationSubRef> substituted (22.4.2014) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22" id="ccxces5g2-00021" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2013" Number="22" Title="Crime and Courts Act 2013">Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00022" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00021" SectionRef="section-61-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/section/61/3">s. 61(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00023" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00021" SectionRef="schedule-10-paragraph-30-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/10/paragraph/30/2/b" Operative="true">Sch. 10 para. 30(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954" id="ccxces5g2-00024" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="954" Title="The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014">S.I. 2014/954</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00025" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00024" SectionRef="article-2-d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/2/d">art. 2(d)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00026" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00024" SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>) (with transitional provisions and savings in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/956" id="ccxces5g2-00027" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="956">S.I. 2014/956</Citation>, arts. 3-11)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-3f6b22346f6cab3f55d042b9758c5bee" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00034" SectionRef="section-18-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/2">s. 18(2)</CitationSubRef> substituted (22.4.2014) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22" id="ccxces5g2-00035" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2013" Number="22" Title="Crime and Courts Act 2013">Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00036" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00035" SectionRef="section-61-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/section/61/3">s. 61(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00037" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00035" SectionRef="schedule-10-paragraph-30-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/10/paragraph/30/3" Operative="true">Sch. 10 para. 30(3)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954" id="ccxces5g2-00038" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="954" Title="The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014">S.I. 2014/954</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00039" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00038" SectionRef="article-2-d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/2/d">art. 2(d)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00040" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00038" SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>) (with transitional provisions and savings in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/956" id="ccxces5g2-00041" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="956">S.I. 2014/956</Citation>, arts. 3-11)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-10ba44da8168c4df7a346cc937db4b8b" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00046" SectionRef="section-18-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/32/section/18/3">S. 18(3)</CitationSubRef> omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22" id="ccxces5g2-00047" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2013" Number="22" Title="Crime and Courts Act 2013">Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00048" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00047" SectionRef="section-61-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/section/61/3">s. 61(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00049" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00047" SectionRef="schedule-10-paragraph-30-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/10/paragraph/30/4" Operative="true">Sch. 10 para. 30(4)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954" id="ccxces5g2-00050" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="954" Title="The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014">S.I. 2014/954</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00051" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00050" SectionRef="article-2-d" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/2/d">art. 2(d)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="ccxces5g2-00052" CitationRef="ccxces5g2-00050" SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/954/article/3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>) (with transitional provisions and savings in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/956" id="ccxces5g2-00053" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2014" Number="956">S.I. 2014/956</Citation>, arts. 3-11)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>