Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 35 - Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32)
947.Paragraph 35 adds orders made under Schedules 5 and 6 to the Civil Partnership Act to the list of maintenance orders to which the provisions of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 apply. This ensures that maintenance orders in cases involving civil partners will be enforceable by means of attachment of earnings orders in the same way as other maintenance orders.