The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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89.11.(1) An attachment of earnings order must contain such of the following information about the debtor as is known to the court—

(a)the debtor’s full name and address;

(b)the debtor’s place of work; and

(c)the nature of the debtor’s work and the debtor’s works number, if any,

and that information will be the prescribed particulars for the purposes of section 6(3) of the 1971 Act.

(2) An attachment of earnings order and any order varying or discharging such an order must be served on the parties and the debtor’s employer.

(3) Where—

(a)the order is directed to a corporation; and

(b)that corporation has requested that the court serve on the corporation documents relating to the debtor or to the class of persons to whom they belong at a particular address,

service may be effected on the corporation at that address, if the District Judge thinks fit.

(4) Where an attachment of earnings order is made to enforce a judgment or order of the High Court or a magistrates’ court, a copy of the attachment of earnings order and of any order discharging it must be sent by the court officer of the County Court to the court officer of the High Court, or, as the case may be, the designated officer for the magistrates’ court.]