Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINIMUM CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 17D

17D .         Authorised deductions from pay

        (1)         Despite section 17C, an employer may deduct from an employee’s pay — 

            (a)         an amount the employer is authorised, in writing, by the employee to deduct and pay on behalf of the employee;

            (b)         an amount the employer is authorised to deduct and pay on behalf of the employee under the employer-employee agreement, award or contract of employment; and

            (c)         an amount the employer is authorised or required to deduct by order of a court or under a law of the State or the Commonwealth.

        (2)         The employee is entitled to have any amount so deducted paid by the employer in accordance with the employee’s instructions or in accordance with the requirements of the employer-employee agreement, award, contract of employment, court order or law of the State or the Commonwealth (as the case may be).

        (3)         Nothing in this section requires an employer to make deductions requested by an employee.

        (4)         An employee may, by giving written notice to the employer, withdraw an authorisation under subsection (1)(a).

        [Section 17D inserted by No. 79 of 1995 s. 66(6); amended by No. 20 of 2002 s. 22(7); amended in Gazette 15 Aug 2003 p. 3688.]