Maximum total payment under all garnishee orders
122 Maximum total payment under all garnishee orders
The amounts attached under one or more garnishee orders must not, in total, reduce the net weekly amount of any wage or salary received by the judgment debtor from the garnishee to less than $447.70 as adjusted under Division 6 of Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.
The amount of $447.70 referred to in subsection (1) is an adjustable amount for the purposes of Division 6 of Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.
In this section—
net weekly amount, in relation to any wage or salary payable to a judgment debtor, means the amount payable each week to the judgment debtor after deducting any taxes or other sums that, pursuant to any Act (including any Commonwealth Act), are required to be deducted from any such money.
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