Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/32/section/25
Timestamp: 2019-12-15 10:04:05
Document Index: 281526193

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 44', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2']

Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, Section 25 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 December 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
s. 25(1) words inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 15 para. 6
25 General interpretation.E+W
“administration order” means an order made under, and so referred to in, [F1Part VI of the County Courts Act 1984];
“the court”, in relation to an attachment of earnings order, means the court which made the order, subject to rules of court as to the venue for, and the transfer of, proceedings in [F2the county court] and magistrates’ courts;
[F3 “the fines officer”, in relation to a debtor who is subject to a collection order made under Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003, means any fines officer working at the fines office specified in that order;]
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court; F5. . .
(3)References in sections 6(5)(b), 9(3)(b) and 14(1)(a) of this Act to the debtor’s needs include references to the needs of any person F7 for whom he must, or reasonably may, provide.
(6)This Act, so far as it relates to magistrates’ courts, and [F8Part III of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980] shall be construed as if this Act were contained in that Part.
F1Words substituted by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 para. 42
F2Words in s. 25(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 25(6); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F3S. 25: definition of "the fines officer" inserted (3.7.2006) by The Collection of Fines (Final Scheme) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1737), art. 44
F4Definition of “legal aid contribution order” in s. 25(1) repealed (2.4.2002) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. I (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 3(b)
F5S. 25(1): definition of "rules of court" and preceding word repealed (1.9.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 145, Sch. 10; S.I. 2004/2066, art. 2(c)(vii)(d)(ii) (with art. 3)
F6Words in s. 25(1) repealed (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. V(7) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(c)(ii)
F7S. 25(4) repealed by Dock Work Act 1989 (c. 13, SIF 43:1), s. 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
F8Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 154, Sch. 7 para. 101(b)