Section 3

“defendant”, in relation to a maintenance order or a related attachment of earnings order, means the person liable to make payments under the maintenance order;

“court” means a court of competent jurisdiction to make a maintenance order;

“employer” means a person by whom, as a principal and not as a servant or agent, earnings are to be paid to a defendant;

Act 794

“earnings”, in relation to a defendant, means any sums payable to him—