New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 39.39A

39.39A When garnishee not obligated to pay amount to judgment creditor

(1) A garnishee order does not operate to attach to a debt if the debt is an amount of less than the prescribed minimum account balance, plus $20, standing to the credit of the judgment debtor in a financial institution.

(2) In this rule, the
"prescribed minimum account balance" means the amount referred to in section 118A(1) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 , as adjusted from time to time under section 118A(2) of that Act.