You need to know that a law about taking money from wages to pay maintenance was repealed. This law was part of the Family Proceedings Act 1980. It was repealed on 1 July 1992 by the Family Proceedings Amendment Act 1991.

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103: Warrant of distress, or

"An old law about taking goods to pay debts, no longer in use."

105: Attachment orders, or

"A law about attaching things to court orders in family cases"

Part 7Enforcement of maintenance orders from 1 July 1992

104Deductions from wages for payment of maintenance (Repealed)

Notes

Section 104: repealed, on 1 July 1992, by section 19 of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 144).