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STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 82 Working out amount to be deducted

STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 82

Working out amount to be deducted

82 Working out amount to be deducted

(1) The amount an employer must deduct from an enforcement debtor’s earnings for each week under a fine collection notice is the weekly deduction amount specified in the notice.
(2) However, if the deduction of an amount under subsection (1) would reduce the enforcement debtor’s earnings for the period to less than the protected earnings amount, the employer must deduct only the amount, if any, that would reduce the enforcement debtor’s earnings for the period to an amount equal to the protected earnings amount.
Examples for subsection (2)—
1 If the employee earns $250 and the protected earning rate is $275, no deduction may be made.
2 If the employee earns $290, the protected earnings rate is $275 and the amount to be deducted is $25, the employer may only deduct the difference between the protected earnings rate and the amount actually earned or $15.