Civil Debt (Procedures) Act 2015

Service of attachment of earnings order

11. (1) Where an attachment of earnings order is made under section 10 , the judgment creditor concerned shall cause it to be served on the person to whom it is directed.

(2) Where an attachment of earnings order is in force, a judgment creditor who becomes aware that a person has become the employer of the judgment debtor concerned shall cause the following to be served on the person:

(a) a copy of the attachment of earnings order, certified by or on behalf of the court to be a true copy of the order; and

(b) a statutory declaration made by the judgment creditor stating—

(i) the relevant total amount, and

(ii) the amount of the relevant total amount that remains to be paid to the judgment creditor in compliance with the order.

(3) A reference in this Act to a person to whom an attachment of earnings order is directed shall be deemed to include a reference to a person on whom the documents referred to in subsection (2) are, in accordance with that subsection, served.