Civil Debt (Procedures) Act 2015

Compliance with attachment of earnings order

12. (1) A person to whom an attachment of earnings order is directed shall comply with its terms if it has been served upon him or her but is not liable for non-compliance before 10 days have elapsed since the service of the order.

(2) If a person to whom an attachment of earnings order is directed is not the judgment debtor’s employer or ceases to be the judgment debtor’s employer, the person shall, within 10 days from the date of service or the date of cesser, give notice of that fact to the judgment creditor concerned.

(3) The person to whom an attachment of earnings order is directed shall give to the judgment debtor a statement in writing of the total amount of every deduction made from a judgment debtor’s earnings in compliance with an attachment of earnings order.

(4) If an employer affected by an attachment of earnings order ceases to be the judgment debtor’s employer, the order lapses insofar as that employer is concerned, except as respects deductions from earnings paid by the employer after the cesser and payment to the judgment creditor of deductions from earnings made at any time by that employer.

(5) The lapse of an order under subsection (4) does not prevent its remaining in force for other purposes.