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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Preliminary provisions

12: Earnings as an employee: Work Account levy payable under section 168

You could also call this:

"Work payments not counted for Work Account levy"

When you are an employee, there are some payments that are not counted as earnings when calculating the Work Account levy under section 168. These payments are not included:

  1. The money you get for the first week after an injury (called first week compensation).
  2. The weekly payments you might receive if you can't work because of an injury (called weekly compensation).

This means that if you get these types of payments, they won't be used to figure out how much your employer needs to pay for the Work Account levy.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

12Earnings as an employee: Work Account levy payable under section 168

  1. For the purpose of calculating the Work Account levy payable under section 168, earnings as an employee does not include any payment of—

  2. first week compensation; or
    1. weekly compensation.

      Notes
      • Section 12 heading: amended, on , by section 7(1) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
      • Section 12 heading: amended, on , by section 13(1) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 8).
      • Section 12: amended, on , by section 7(2) of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).
      • Section 12: amended, on , by section 13(1) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 8).