Supreme Court Rules 1987

(1) An employer to whom an attachment of earnings order is directed shall, in respect of each pay-day whilst the order is in force, if the net earnings of the judgment debtor exceed the sum of:

(a) the protected earnings of the judgment debtor; and

(b) so much of an amount by which the net earnings that became payable on a previous pay-day were less than the protected earnings in relation to that pay-day as has not been made good on any other previous pay-day,

pay, so far as that excess permits, to the person specified in the order the normal deduction in relation to that pay-day and so much of the normal deduction in relation to a previous pay-day as was not paid on that pay-day and has not been paid on a previous pay-day.

(2) A payment made by an employer under subrule (1) is a valid discharge to him as against the judgment debtor to the extent of the amount paid.

(3) An employer making payments in accordance with an attachment of earnings order may deduct from the earnings of the judgment debtor, in addition to any other amount, an allowance of $3 in respect of each payment towards the clerical and administrative costs of making payments under the order and shall give to the judgment debtor notice of the amount deducted.