Tasmanian Government Officers' Salaries Attachment Act 1927 (Tas)

Tasmanian Government Officers' Salaries Attachment Act 1927

An Act to provide for the attachment of the salaries of Tasmanian Government Officers [Royal Assent 2 December 1927]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tasmanian Government Officers' Salaries Attachment Act 1927 .

2. Copy of judgment may be served on paying officer Where judgment has been given by any court against any employee for the payment of any sum of money, the person in whose favour the judgment is given may serve on the paying officer of the State Service Agency in which the employee is employed a copy of the judgment, certified under the hand of the registrar or other proper officer of the court in which the judgment is entered, and a statutory declaration stating that the judgment has not been satisfied by the judgment debtor, and setting out the amount due by the judgment debtor under the judgment.

3. Paying officer to notify debtor Upon the service upon him of a copy of a judgment and a statutory declaration in pursuance of this Act, the paying officer shall, as soon as practicable, notify the judgment debtor in writing of the service of the copy judgment and statutory declaration, and require him to state in writing, within a time to be specified by the paying officer, whether the judgment has been satisfied, and, if so, to furnish evidence in support thereof, and, if the judgment has not been satisfied, to state the amount then due under the judgment.

4. Power of paying officer to deduct certain moneys If the employee fails to prove to the satisfaction of the paying officer, within the time specified by the paying officer, that the judgment has been satisfied, the paying officer shall deduct from any moneys due to the employee such sums as are in his opinion necessary to enable the judgment to be satisfied, and shall pay those sums to the judgment creditor: Provided that in no case shall a deduction be made which will reduce the amount to be received by the officer to less than two pounds per week, or to less than one-third of the amount which would, but for the provisions of this section, be payable to the employee.