(1) A person who is entitled to weekly compensation may request, in writing, the Commission to deduct a specified amount from the compensation:
(a) to pay the Commissioner of Taxation; or
(b) for the purpose of making payments included in a class of payments approved by the Minister.
(2) If such a request is made, the Commission may deduct the amount and, if it does so, is to pay the amount deducted in accordance with the request.
(3) The Minister may, by writing, approve classes of payments for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).
Note: The approval may be varied or revoked (see subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 ).
(4) An approval, and any variation or revocation of an approval, is a legislative instrument.