Introduced on July 27. Member’s bill in the name of Anahila Kanongata’a. The bill aims to protect judgment debtors from being subject to excessive attachment orders. It does this by amending the District Court Act 2016 to ensure that an attachment order on its own cannot lead to a deduction of more than 5 percent of the net earnings of a judgment debtor who is in receipt of a main benefit. Voted down at first reading with National, Act and NZ First opposed.

District Court (Protecting Judgment Debtors on Main Benefit) Amendment Bill