Australian Capital Territory
Earnings (Assignment and Attachment) Act 1966 (repealed)    
A1966-7
Republication No 4
Effective:  10 January 2005
Republication date: 10 January 2005
As repealed by A2004-60 s 4
(republication for amendments and repeal 
by A2004-60)

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Earnings (Assignment and Attachment) Act 1966 (repealed) (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)).  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 10 January 2005.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Australian Capital Territory
Earnings (Assignment and Attachment) Act 1966 (repealed)

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of Act	1
	4	Definitions for Act	1
	6	Assignment of earnings not enforceable	1
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	2
	2	Abbreviation key	2
	3	Legislation history	3
	4	Amendment history	4
	5	Earlier republications	5

Australian Capital Territory
Earnings (Assignment and Attachment) Act 1966 (repealed)

An Act relating to the assignment and attachment of earnings

    

    
    
1	Name of Act
This Act is the Earnings (Assignment and Attachment) Act 1966.
4	Definitions for Act
In this Act:
Note	A definition applies except so far as the contrary intention appears (see Legislation Act 2001, s 155).
6	Assignment of earnings not enforceable
	(1)	An assignment of earnings after the commencement of this section is not enforceable.
	(2)	Subsection (1) has effect regardless of—
	(a)	the nature of the instrument effecting the assignment; or
	(b)	the nature of the transaction that gave rise to the assignment.

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
cl = clause	pres = present	
def = definition	prev = previous	
dict = dictionary	(prev...) = previously	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	pt = part	
Assembly	r = rule/subrule	
div = division	reg = regulation/subregulation	
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered	
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated	
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue	
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule	
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted	
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	
3	Legislation history
This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Attachment of Wages Limitation Ordinance 1966 No 7 (Cwlth).
The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 34 (4) converted most former Commonwealth ordinances in force in the ACT into ACT enactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the laws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
As with most ordinances in force in the ACT, the name was changed from Ordinance to Act by the Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 No 21, s 5 on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
The Act was renamed as the Earnings (Assignment and Attachment) Act 1966 by the Magistrates Court (Enforcement of Judgments) Act 1994 (see s 68).
Before 11 May 1989, ordinances commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12).
	Legislation before becoming Territory enactment
Earnings (Assignment and Attachment) Act 1966 No 7
notified 28 April 1966
commenced 28 April 1966
as amended by
Ordinances Revision (Administrative Arrangements) Ordinance 1977 No 18
notified 21 June 1977
commenced 21 June 1977
Attachment of Wages Limitation (Amendment) Ordinance 1977 No 36
notified 15 August 1877
commenced 15 August 1977
	Legislation after becoming Territory enactment
Magistrates Court (Enforcement of Judgments) Act 1994 No 61 pt 7 div 1
notified 11 October 1994 (Gaz 1994 No S197)
s 1, s 2 commenced 11 October 1994 (s 2 (1))
pt 7 div 1 commenced 10 April 1995 (s 2 (2) and Gaz 1995 No S75)
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 44 pt 116
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 116 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)
Court Procedures (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 A2004-60 sch 1 pt 1.24
notified LR 2 September 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.24 commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)
as repealed by
Court Procedures (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 A2004-60 s 4
notified LR 2 September 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
s 4 commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)
4	Amendment history
Title
title	sub 1994 No 61 s 67
Name of Act
s 1	am 1994 No 61 s 68
New South Wales law to cease to apply
s 2	om 2001 No 44 amdt 1.1260

s 3	om 1977 No 18
Definitions for Act
s 4	am 1977 No 36
	def board om 1994 No 61 s 69
	def court reloc to Court Procedures Act 2004 in s 76 by A2004-60 amdt 1.147
	def dependant reloc to Court Procedures Act 2004 in s 76 by A2004-60 amdt 1.147
	def determination om 1994 No 61 s 69
	def earnings ins 1994 No 61 s 69
	am A2004-60 amdt 1.145
	reloc to Court Procedures Act 2004 in s 53 (3) by 
A2004-60 amdt 1.146
	def judgment debtor reloc to Court Procedures Act 2004 in s 76 by A2004-60 amdt 1.147
	def Metal Trades Award ins 1994 No 61 s 69
	reloc to Court Procedures Act 2004 in s 76 by A2004-60 amdt 1.147
	def wages om 1994 No 61 s 69
Limitation on attachment of wages
s 5	am 1977 No 36; 1994 No 61 s 70
	reloc to Court Procedures Act 2004 as s 77 by A2004-60 amdt 1.148
Assignment of earnings not enforceable
s 6	ins 1994 No 61 s 71
5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Except for the footer, electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
1	Ord 1977 No 36	31 May 1991	
2	Act 1994 No 61	10 April 1995	
3	A2001-44	1 August 2002	

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