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Attachment of Earnings Act 1971
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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/1125 reg. 8 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2018/1125, reg. 8 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 5 para. 4(4))
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 6(1A)(1B) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 2(2) (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 6A inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 3
- s. 9(1A) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 4
- s. 9A inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 5 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 14(1A) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 10 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 14(2A) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 12
- s. 14(4A)(4B) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 14
- s. 15A-15D inserted by 2007 c. 15 s. 92 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 17(4) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 18 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 23(1ZA) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 21 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
- s. 25(2)(c) words inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 22
- s. 25(2)(f) words inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 22
- Sch. 3A inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 7 (This affecting provision is amended (22.4.2014) by 2013 c. 22, Sch. 9 para. 52; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3))
Section 2.
SCHEDULE 1E+W Maintenance orders to which this Act applies
1E+WAn order for alimony, maintenance or other payments made, or having effect as if made, under Part II of the M1Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 (ancillary relief in actions for divorce etc.).
Marginal Citations
2E+WAn order for payments to or in respect of a child, being an order made, or having effect as if made, under Part III of the said Act of 1965 (maintenance of children following divorce, etc.).
[F13E+WAn order for periodical or other payments made, or having effect as if made, under Part II of the M2Matrimonial Causes Act 1973]
Textual Amendments
F1Para. 3 substituted by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), Sch. 2 para. 13
Marginal Citations
4E+WAn order for maintenance or other payments to or in respect of a spouse or child, being an order made, [F2under Part I of the M3Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978]
Textual Amendments
F2Words substituted by Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22), s. 89(3), Sch. 2 para. 32
Marginal Citations
F35E+WAn order for periodical or other payments made or having effect as if made under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989.
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 1 para. 5 substituted (14.10.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 116, Sch. 16 para. 38; S.I. 1991/1883, art.3, Schedule
6E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F4Para. 6 repealed by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42, SIF 49:7), s. 33, Sch. 2 para. 44(b), Sch. 3 paras. 1, 6, Sch. 4
7E+WAn order under [F5paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989] [F6, paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014,] . . . F7 section 23 of the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 [F8 . . . F9section 18 of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976]F10[F11. . . section 24 of the Social Security Act 1986][F12or section 106 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992] (various provisions for obtaining contributions from a person whose dependants are assisted or maintained out of public funds).
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(5)(6), Sch. 13 para. 29, Sch. 14 para. 1(1); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 29
F7Word repealed by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 20(b)
F8Words inserted by Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Sch. 7 para. 20(b)
F9Word repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 86, Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 43(b)
F10Word in Sch. 1 para. 7 omitted (1.7.1992) by virtue of Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 7
F11Words inserted by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 86, Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 43(b)
F12Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 inserted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 Para.7
8E+WF13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 1 para. 8 repealed (6.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 166, 170(3), Sch. 15 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/462, art. 4(c); S.I. 2009/631, art. 2(c)
9E+WAn order to which section 16 of the M4Maintenance Orders Act 1950 applies by virtue of subsection (2)(b) or (c) of that section (that is to say an order made by a court in Scotland or Northern Ireland and corresponding to one of those specified in the foregoing paragraphs) and which has been registered in a court in England and Wales under Part II of that Act.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Para. 9 amended by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), Sch. 2 para. 3(2)
Marginal Citations
10E+WA maintenance order within the meaning of the M5Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 (Commonwealth orders enforceable in the United Kingdom) registered in, or confirmed by, a court in England and Wales under that Act.
Marginal Citations
[F1411E+W A maintenance order within the meaning of Part I of the M6Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 registered in [F15the family court] under the said Part I.]
Textual Amendments
F14Para. 11 inserted by Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18), Sch. para. 7
F15Words in Sch. 1 para. 11 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 5(a)
Marginal Citations
[F1612E+W An order under section 34(1)( b ) of the Children Act 1975 (payments of maintenance in respect of a child to his custodian). ]
Textual Amendments
F16Para. 12 inserted by Children Act 1975 (c. 72), s. 108(2), Sch. 3 para. 76(b)
F1713E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F17Sch. 1 para. 13 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/479), regs. 1(1), 3(a) (with regs. 92-95) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 5(2)-(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F18 14E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F18Sch. 1 para. 14 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/479), regs. 1(1), 3(b) (with regs. 92-95) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 5(2)-(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F1914AE+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F19Sch. 1 para. 14A omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/519), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 4 (with reg. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 5(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
[F2014B.E+WA decision or maintenance arrangement which is registered in [F21the family court] under the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other forms of Family Maintenance done at The Hague on 23rd November 2007.]
Textual Amendments
F20Sch. 1 para. 14B inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2814), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 3(4)
F21Words in Sch. 1 para. 14B substituted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 5(a)
[F2215E+W An order made under Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ([F23financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by Part 2 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973]), for periodical or other payments.
Textual Amendments
F22Sch. 1 paras. 15, 16 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 para. 35; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F23Words in Sch. 1 para. 15 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 5(c)
16E+W An order made under Schedule 6 to the 2004 Act ([F24financial relief: provision corresponding to provision made by the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978]), for maintenance or other payments to or in respect of a civil partner or child.]
Textual Amendments
F22Sch. 1 paras. 15, 16 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 para. 35; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
F24Words in Sch. 1 para. 16 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/605), arts. 1, 5(d)
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