Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 84

84 Additional duties of employers

(1) An employer who deducts an amount from an employee’s earnings under a fine collection notice must, within 7 days after the end of the month in which the amount is deducted or the longer period, of not more than 21 days, the registrar allows—

(a) pay to the registrar the amounts deducted; and

(b) give to the registrar a return in the approved form.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.

(2) An employer who does not deduct an amount from an employee’s earnings under a fine collection notice relating to an employee in a particular month must, within 7 days after the end of the month, or the longer period, of not more than 21 days, the registrar allows, give to the registrar a return in the approved form.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.

(3) An employer who pays earnings to an employee while a fine collection notice relating to the employee is in force must give to the employee a written notice stating—

(a) the amount deducted under the notice; or

(b) if no deduction is made, that no deduction has been made under the notice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.

(4) If an employee to whom a fine collection notice relates stops being an employee while the notice is in force, the employer must give to the registrar notice of that fact in the approved form within 7 days after the end of the month in which the employment ended or the longer period the registrar allows.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —10 penalty units.