Civil Procedure Act 2005 No 28
Current version for 28 February 2013 to date (accessed 25 May 2013 at 17:35)

121   Maximum payment under one of several concurrent garnishee orders

(cf Act No 9 1973, section 101; Act No 11 1970, section 51)

(1)  This section applies in circumstances in which a wage or salary is attached by one or more garnishee orders of which one or more (but not all) are limited garnishee orders.
(2)  Unless the court orders otherwise, the amount payable by a garnishee under a garnishee order that is not a limited garnishee order must not, in respect of any wage or salary attached by the garnishee order, exceed the greatest amount payable by the garnishee under any limited garnishee order that attaches the same wage or salary.
(3)  In this section, limited garnishee order means a garnishee order in respect of a judgment debt that is the subject of an instalment order.
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