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The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 49(7)(a), 53(3) and 63(6) of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 3rd December 2001. Rate of deductions in diligence against earnings 2. In each of sections 53(2)(b) and 63(4)(b) of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (which make provision as respects the sum to be deducted from earnings by an employer in certain cases), for "£9"[2] there shall be substituted "£10". 3. For Tables A, B and C of Schedule 2 to that Act (which sets out the deductions to be made under earnings arrestments)[3], there shall be substituted respectively Tables A, B and C set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. JAMES WALLACE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew's House, Edinburgh 7th November 2001 TABLE A: DEDUCTIONS FROM WEEKLY EARNINGS
TABLE B: DEDUCTIONS FROM MONTHLY EARNINGS
TABLE C: DEDUCTIONS BASED ON DAILY EARNINGS
EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations-
(b) substitute new tables for those in Schedule 2 to the 1987 Act which set out the deductions made from a person's pay when that pay is subject to an earnings arrestment.
The new figures reflect the increase in the Average Earnings Index since the tables were drawn up in 1985 and broadly restore the level of deductions in real terms to that applicable at the passing of the 1987 Act. [2] Substituted by S.I. 1995/2878.back [3] Substituted by S.I. 1995/2878.back
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