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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of the Scheme - Earners' Account

219: Earners to pay levies

You could also call this:

"Workers must pay money to help with accidents"

You need to pay levies to fund the Earners' Account. These levies are part of the rules set out in this law and other rules that go with it. When you pay these levies, they cover a specific time period that has been decided on beforehand. This is a rule for everyone who earns money.

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Part 6Management of the Scheme
Earners' Account

219Earners to pay levies

  1. An earner must pay, in accordance with this Act and regulations made under it, levies to fund the Earners' Account.

  2. Repealed

  3. A levy must relate to a prescribed period.

Notes
  • Section 219(2): repealed, on , by section 29 of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).