The Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to attachment of earnings as a means of enforcing the discharge of monetary obligations in England and Wales.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 29(2) of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in schedule 6 to the act.
+Enactments repealed by section 29(2)CitationShort titleExtent of repeal6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 39Maintenance Orders Act 1958Section 9.In section 20, in subsection (1) the words " or Part II of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 ", the word " or " at the end of paragraph (a), paragraphs (b) and (c) and the words from "and for the purposes " onwards; in subsection (2), the words " Subject to rules of court made by virtue of section 18(3)(c) of the Administration of Justice Act 1970", and the words " and an application to a magistrates' court for an attachment of earnings order, or an order discharging or varying an attachment of earnings order"; and subsections (3), (4), (5) and (7).In section 23(2), the words " except paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 20 ".1970 c. 31Administration of Justice Act 1970Sections 13 to 26.Section 27(1) and (2).In section 28— in subsection (1), the definitions of "Act of 1958 ", " administration order ", " the court ", " debtor ", "judgment debt", "relevant adjudication", " the employer", "legal aid contribution order", and the words from " ' maintenance payments' " onwards; and subsections (2) to (5).Section 29(1) to (4).Section 30(3) and (4).In section 53, the words " 24 or ".In section 54(6), the words " and 27 " and " and 7 ".Schedules 5, 6 and 7.1970 c. 55Family Income Supplements Act 1970Section 14.
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