Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person's instalment period , and the payday for an instalment that relates to an instalment period, are worked out according to the following rules.
Note: Sections 93 and 94 affect when an instalment period for a person starts and ends in certain circumstances.
Instalment to be paid by employer--regular pay period
(2) If the instalment is to be paid by the person's employer and there is a regular period for which the person would usually be paid in relation to the person's performance of work:
(a) the person's instalment period is each such regular period; and
(b) the payday for the instalment is the day on which the person would usually be paid in relation to the person's performance of work for the instalment period to which the instalment relates.
Instalment to be paid by employer--no regular pay period
(3) If the instalment is to be paid by the person's employer and there is not a regular period for which the person would usually be paid in relation to the person's performance of work:
(a) the person's instalment period is each calendar month; and
(b) the payday for the instalment is the first day after the end of the instalment period to which the instalment relates.
Instalment to be paid by Secretary
(4) If the instalment is to be paid by the Secretary:
(a) the person's instalment period is the period of 14 days starting on a day the Secretary considers appropriate for the person (or a class of person in which the person is included) and each successive 14 day period; and
(b) the payday for the instalment is a day that the Secretary considers appropriate that occurs after the instalment period to which the instalment relates.