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SCHEDULE 10The family court

Part 2The family court: further amendments

Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32)

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1

Section 3 (application for order and conditions of court's power to make it) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)(a) (payee may apply) after “through” insert “ any court or ”.

3

In subsection (1) (applicants) for paragraph (c) substitute—

c

without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, an officer of the family court if the application is to the family court for an order to secure maintenance payments and there is in force an order that those payments be made to the court or an officer of the court;

4

In subsections (1)(d)(ii) and (4)(a) (maintenance payments) for the words between “or” and “for” substitute “ the family court ”.

5

In subsection (4)—

a

omit paragraph (b) and the “or” preceding it, and

b

in the words after paragraph (b), omit the words after “1869”.