Garnishee orders
11C Garnishee orders
(1) For section 72 of the Act, the prescribed provisions are Parts 48 (except rules 48.02 to 48.05) and 49 (except rules 49.03 and 49.07) of the Local Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Rules 1998.
Those rules apply (with the necessary changes) as if:
(a) the garnishee order were an attachment of earnings order or an attachment of debts order, as the case may be; and
(b) a reference to a court or Registrar were a reference to the Fines Recovery Unit; and
(c) a reference to the judgment debtor were a reference to the fine defaulter; and
the Territory were the judgement creditor; and
(e) a reference to a particular form were a reference to the appropriate approved form; and
(f) the Fines Recovery Unit were required to serve the appropriate notices on an employer or a garnishee.
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