(1) The members of a group may, with the approval of the Chief Commissioner,
designate a qualified member of the group to be the designated group employer
for the group for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A member of a group is a
qualified member if the member--
(a) has paid during the preceding
financial yearwages that exceeded the threshold amount for that
financial year (within the meaning of Schedule 1), or
(b) is likely to pay
during the current financial yearwages that are likely to exceed that amount.
(3) If none of the members of a group is a qualified member but the members
together--
(a) have paid during the preceding financial yearwages that
exceeded the threshold amount for that financial year (within the meaning of
Schedule 1), or
(b) are, in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner, likely to
pay during the current financial yearwages that will exceed that amount,
the
members may, with the approval of the Chief Commissioner, designate any member
of the group to be the designated group employer for the group for the
purposes of this Act.
(4) If the members of a group do not designate a member
as the designated group employer within 7 days after the end of the month in
which the group is established, the Chief Commissioner may (but is not obliged
to) designate any member of the group as the designated group employer.
