COURT PROCEDURES ACT 2004 - SECT 80 Assignment of earnings not enforceable
COURT PROCEDURES ACT 2004 - SECT 80
Assignment of earnings not enforceable(1) An assignment of earnings is not enforceable.
(2) Subsection (1) has effect regardless of—
(a) the nature of the instrument effecting the assignment; or
(b) the nature of the transaction that gave rise to the assignment.
(3) In this section:
"earnings" means a sum payable to a person—
(a) by way of wages or salary, including any fee, bonus, commission, overtime pay or other amount payable in addition to wages or salary; or
(b) by way of pension, including—
(i) an annuity in relation to past services, whether or not the services were rendered to the person paying the annuity; and
(ii) periodical payments in relation to compensation for the loss, or any reduction in benefits, of any office or employment; and
(iii) periodical payments in relation to compensation for the loss of wages or salary because of illness or injury.