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.