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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-88970d284a6805ed09718cbe4b2f74d0"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-2fa9ce15c1d50d86225ca3fa2d756a22"/>39</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>Where an amount is recoverable from a liable person who is employed, the Minister may make a deduction from earnings order.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>A deduction from earnings order is an order requiring the liable person’s employer—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>to make deductions from the liable person’s earnings from that employer, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>pay the amounts deducted to the Minister.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Minister may by regulations make provision about the meaning of “<Term id="term-earnings">earnings</Term>” for the purposes of deduction from earnings orders.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations under this section are subject to the negative procedure.</Text>
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