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Local Government Act 2009
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### sec.222 Adjusting contributions if salary decreased
This section applies if the salary of a permanent employee of a local government or local government entity decreases.
The employee may, within 60 days after the decrease in salary takes effect, give the local government or local government entity notice that the employee wants to pay contributions as if the employee’s salary had not decreased.
If the employee gives a notice under subsection (2) , the local government or local government entity must calculate the yearly contributions payable for the employee based on the employee’s salary before it was decreased.
s 222 amd 2011 No. 8 s 69
sub 2016 No. 64 s 31
amd 2018 No. 8 s 34
om 2026 No. 5 s 71B (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.222-ssec.1) This section applies if the salary of a permanent employee of a local government or local government entity decreases.
(sec.222-ssec.2) The employee may, within 60 days after the decrease in salary takes effect, give the local government or local government entity notice that the employee wants to pay contributions as if the employee’s salary had not decreased.
(sec.222-ssec.3) If the employee gives a notice under subsection (2) , the local government or local government entity must calculate the yearly contributions payable for the employee based on the employee’s salary before it was decreased.