(1) In relation to an attachment of earnings order or an application for one, the court may, before or at the hearing or while the order is in force, order -

(a) the maintenance debtor to give to the court, within a specified period, a signed statement in writing specifying -

(i) the name and address of every employer of the maintenance debtor,

(ii) particulars as to the maintenance debtor’s earnings and expected earnings, and resources and needs, and

(iii) particulars for enabling the employers to identify the maintenance debtor,

(b) a person appearing to the court to be an employer of the maintenance debtor to give to the court, within a specified period, a statement signed by the person, or on his or her behalf, of specified particulars of the maintenance debtor’s earnings and expected earnings.