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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 98
ENFORCEMENT
The Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Made
9th March 2009
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
10th March 2009
Coming into force
6th April 2009
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(7)(a), 53(3) and 63(6) of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 6th April 2009.
(2) In these Regulations, “1987 Act” means the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987.
Rate of deductions in diligence against earnings
2. In 1987 Act–
(a)in each of sections 53(2)(b) and 63(4)(b) (which make provision as respects the sum to be deducted from earnings by an employer in certain cases), for “£12”(2) substitute “£13.50”; and
(b)for Tables A, B and C of Schedule 2(3) (which set out the deductions to be made under earnings arrestments), substitute respectively Tables A, B and C set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
FERGUS EWING
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th March 2009
Regulation 2(b)
SCHEDULE
TABLE A:
DEDUCTIONS FROM WEEKLY EARNINGS
| Net Earnings | Deduction |
|---|---|
| Not exceeding £94 | Nil |
| Exceeding £94 but not exceeding £617 | 20% of weekly earnings exceeding £94 |
| Exceeding £617 | £104.60 plus 50% of weekly earnings exceeding £617 |
TABLE B:
DEDUCTIONS FROM MONTHLY EARNINGS
| Net Earnings | Deduction |
|---|---|
| Not exceeding £410 | Nil |
| Exceeding £410 but not exceeding £2,680 | 20% of monthly earnings exceeding £410 |
| Exceeding £2,680 | £454 plus 50% of monthly earnings exceeding £2,680 |
TABLE C:
DEDUCTIONS FROM DAILY EARNINGS
| Net Earnings | Deduction |
|---|---|
| Not exceeding £13.50 | Nil |
| Exceeding £13.50 but not exceeding £88 | 20% of daily earnings exceeding £13.50 |
| Exceeding £88 | £14.90 plus 50% of daily earnings exceeding £88 |
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 2 makes changes to certain figures relating to diligence against earnings in Part III of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (“1987 Act”).
Regulation 2(a) increases the figure set out in sections 53(2)(b) and 63(4)(b) of 1987 Act, used in the calculation of deductions from a person’s pay when that pay is subject to a current maintenance arrestment or conjoined arrestment order, from £12 to £13.50.
Regulation 2(b) substitutes new Tables A, B and C for those in Schedule 2 to 1987 Act which set out the deductions to be made from a person’s pay when that pay is subject to an earnings arrestment.
These new figures reflect the median earnings in the Office for National Statistics' 2008 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, which have increased since the figures were last amended in 2006 by the Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
In accordance with sections 53(5), 63(8) and 69(1) and (2) of 1987 Act, these Regulations do not apply to existing diligences until they are intimated to employers, unless employers choose to apply them. If they do not choose to do so the figures contained in the Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 will continue to apply until intimation takes place.
(1)
1987 c. 18. The functions of the Lord Advocate were transferred to the Secretary of State by the Transfer of Functions (Lord Advocate and Secretary of State) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/678), and to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
(2)
This sum was most recently substituted by S.S.I. 2006/116.
(3)
Tables A, B and C were most recently substituted by S.S.I. 2006/116.
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