8Meaning of salary

8 Meaning of salary

(1) The regulations may provide that allowances of specified kinds are to be included in salary for the purposes of this Act or of a provision of this Act. (2) The regulations may prescribe the conditions subject to which, or specify the extent to which, payments in accordance with this Act, or in accordance with a provision of this Act, are to include amounts by way of, or in respect of, an allowance of a kind specified in the regulations referred to in subsection (1), including conditions having effect after the time at which leave commences. (3) In the case of an employee who receives, or of employees included in a class of employees who receive, salary otherwise than by way of uniform amounts in respect of uniform periods, the regulations may provide that an amount ascertained in the manner provided by the regulations is to be the annual salary for the purposes of this Act of the employee or of the employees included in the class of employees.