UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 860
Employer to make payments
UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 860
Employer to make payments
860 Employer to make payments
(1) For each pay day while an enforcement
warrant authorising the redirection of an enforcement debtor’s earnings is
in force, the employer—
(a) must deduct from the enforcement debtor’s
earnings the amount specified in the warrant and pay it to the person
specified in the warrant; and
(b) may deduct from the enforcement debtor’s
earnings an administration charge and keep it as a contribution towards the
administrative cost of making payments under the warrant; and
Note—
"Administration charge" is defined in schedule 3 (Dictionary). The amount of
the charge is fixed under these rules.
(c) must give to the enforcement
debtor a notice detailing the deductions.
(2) However, in applying subrule
(1) (a) to the last deduction, the employer must deduct the amount, being no
more than the amount specified in the warrant for deduction each pay day, that
results in the total amount deducted by the employer being the total amount
for deduction specified in the warrant.
(3) A deduction paid or kept by an
employer under subrule (1) is a valid discharge as between the employer and
the enforcement debtor, to the extent of the deduction, of the employer’s
liability to pay earnings.
