New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
If, after service of a garnishee order on the garnishee, the garnishee acts with reasonable diligence for the purpose of giving effect to the attachment but nevertheless pays to the judgment debtor the whole or any part of the debt attached or otherwise deals with the debt attached so as to satisfy, as between the garnishee and the judgment debtor, the whole or any part of the debt attached, the court may order that, for the purposes of the garnishee proceedings, the debt attached be reduced to the extent of the payment or satisfaction.