PART III DILIGENCE AGAINST EARNINGS
Current maintenance arrestments
54 Current maintenance arrestment to be preceded by default.
1
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, a current maintenance arrestment schedule may be served in pursuance of a maintenance order which is subsisting at the date of such service only if—
a
the creditor has intimated to the debtor in the manner prescribed by Act of Sederunt—
i
in the case of an order mentioned in paragraph (a) F6... or (b) of the definition of “maintenance order” in section 106 of this Act, the making of the order;
ii
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in the case of an order mentioned in paragraph (d) thereof, the confirmation of the order mentioned in that paragraph;
b
at least 4 weeks have elapsed since the date of intimation under paragraph (a) above; and
c
except where section 56 of this Act applies, at the time when it is proposed to serve the schedule, a sum not less than F1one instalment of maintenance remains unpaid.
2
Subsection (1) above shall not apply where—
a
b
a certificate of arrears (within the meaning of section 21 of the M1Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972) was produced to the court in Scotland which registered the order to the effect that at the time at which the certificate was issued the debtor was in arrears in his payment of instalments under the order.
3
Where a current maintenance arrestment which was validly executed has ceased to have effect otherwise than by virtue of its recall under section 55(2) of this Act, the creditor may within 3 months after the date when the arrestment ceased to have effect execute another current maintenance arrestment without complying with subsection (1) above.
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In subsections (1) and (2), “order” includes decision, settlement and instrument.
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