"allowance" means deserted wife's allowance, lone parent's allowance or supplementary welfare allowance;
"antecedent order" means - (a) an order under section 286(4), (b) an order under section 286(5) (insofar as it is deemed to be an order under section 17 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926), or (c) an order under section 286(5) (insofar as it is deemed to be an order under section 5 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1940);
"attachment of earnings order" means an order under section 287;
"benefit" means deserted wife's benefit;
"competent authority" in relation to deserted wife's benefit, deserted wife's allowance and lone parent's allowance means the Minister, and in relation to supplementary welfare allowance means the health board which granted that allowance to a recipient;
"earnings" means any sums payable to a person - (a) by way of wages or salary (including any fees, bonus, commission, overtime pay or