LegalizeThe Attachment of Earnings (Employer’s Deduction) Order 1991
Made: 27th February 1991
Laid before Parliament: 11th March 1991
Coming into force: 1st April 1991
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7(4)(a) and (5) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971[^f00001], hereby makes the following Order:
1
This Order may be cited as the Attachment of Earnings (Employer’s Deduction) Order 1991 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1991.
2
On any occasion when, after the coming into operation of this Order, an employer makes a deduction from a debtor’s earnings in compliance with an attachment of earnings order, he shall be entitled to deduct, in addition, £1.00 towards his clerical and administrative costs, in lieu of the sum of 50 pence prescribed by the Attachment of Earnings (Employer’s Deduction) Order 1980[^f00002]; and section 7(4)(a) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 shall have effect accordingly.
3
The Attachment of Earnings (Employer’s Deduction) Order 1980 is hereby revoked.
Signed
Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 27th February 1991
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Order increases from 50p to £1.00 the additional amount which an employer making a deduction from a debtor’s earnings under an attachment of earnings order may take towards his administrative and clerical costs
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1971 c. 32.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1980/558.
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