11Payment of levy by certain government employees

11 Payment of levy by certain government employees

11 Payment of levy by certain government employees

(1) This section—

(a) applies to a government employee entitled to use one or more parking spaces as a government employee, and

(b) does not apply to a government employee who holds a mobility parking scheme authority.

(2) For the Act, section 14(2)(e), a government employee must enter into an arrangement with the relevant person to pay the levy, or a proportion of the levy, for one of the parking spaces.

(3) The amount of the payment must be in proportion to the use the government employee makes of the parking space in conjunction with travel to and from the government employee’s place of work for duties during the government employee’s normal working hours.

(4) The arrangement must be entered into on or before the later of the following—

(a) the day that is 1 month after the entitlement to use the parking spaces arises,

(b) 1 September in the relevant financial year.

(5) Payments under the arrangement must be made by the government employee out of the government employee’s remuneration as a government employee.

(6) If Schedule 3 is amended—

(a) the amendment does not apply to an arrangement in force immediately before the commencement of the amendment, and

(b) Schedule 3, as in force when the arrangement was entered into, continues to apply to the arrangement as if the schedule had not been amended.

(7) In this section—

Department has the same meaning as in the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.

government employee means—

(a) a Public Service employee, or

(b) a person who is employed in a government sector role, or

(c) a member of Parliament, including a Minister, or

(d) a person employed under the Members of Parliament Staff Act 2013, or