2 Principal definitions
Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (1971 c 32) | Legislation

2  Principal definitions

In this Act—

(a)     “maintenance order” means any order[, decision, settlement[, arrangement] or instrument] specified in Schedule 1 to this Act and includes [one] which has been discharged [or has otherwise ceased to operate] if any arrears are recoverable thereunder;

(b)     “High Court maintenance order”[and “family court] maintenance order” mean respectively a maintenance

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