Credit Union Act 1997
Remedy for debts from members.
20.—(1) All money payable to a credit union by a member of it shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt by the credit union from the member.
(2) A credit union shall have a lien on the shares, deposits, dividends and interest of any member for any debt due to the credit union from that member, and may set off any sum credited to the member on those shares, deposits, dividends and interest in or towards the payment of that debt.