Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Supreme Court Act 1986 - SECT 23

Attachment of earnings

23. Attachment of earnings



(1) Subject to and in accordance with the Rules, the Court may make orders for
the attachment of the salary, wages or pension of any person.

(2) Any person who dismisses an employee or injures an employee in the
employee's employment or alters an employee's position to the prejudice of the
employee by reason of the circumstance that an attachment order has been made
in relation to the employee or that the employee is required to make payments
under an attachment order may be dealt with as for contempt of court.