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Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
62Effect of garnishee or attachment order
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62 Effect of garnishee or attachment order
(a) a person has an account with a financial institution; and
(b) either or both of the following subparagraphs apply:
(i) instalments of a social security payment payable to the person (whether on the person’s own behalf or not) are being paid to the credit of the account;
(ii) an advance payment of a social security payment payable to the person (whether on the person’s own behalf or not) has been paid to the credit of the account; and
(c) a court order in the nature of a garnishee order comes into force in respect of the account;
the court order does not apply to the saved amount (if any) in the account.
(2) The saved amount is worked out as follows:
Step 1. Work out the total amount payable to the person in respect of the social security payment that has been paid to the credit of the account during the 4 week period immediately before the court order came into force.
Step 2. Subtract from that amount the total amount withdrawn from the account during the same 4 week period: the result is the saved amount.
(3) This section applies to an account whether it is maintained by a person:
(a) alone; or
(b) jointly with another person; or
(c) in common with another person.
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