Multiple attachment of earnings orders
48.12 Multiple attachment of earnings orders
(1) Where 2 or more attachment of earnings orders are in force in respect of an employee (whether made under these Rules or otherwise), the employer to whom the orders are directed must:
comply with the orders according to:
the respective dates; or
if served on the same date – the respective times,
they were served on the employer; and
(b) disregard an order served on the employer at a later date or time until an order served earlier has been complied with.
(2) For the purpose of this rule, where an attachment of earnings order is varied under rule 48.15, it is to be taken to have been made as varied on the date the attachment of earnings order was made.
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