Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Rules 2015

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Department of Social Services

This item is authorised by the following title:

Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Act 2015

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F2015L01129

09 July 2015 - 14 April 2016

Table of contents

Preliminary
- Name of rules
- Commencement
Interpretation
- Definitions
- Reference to things being done orally or in writing
- Words relating to legal practices
Eligibility
- Evidence of eligibility—intellectual impairment
Applications
- Lodging applications
Outline and general concepts
- Simplified outline
- What is an eligible financial year and eligible period?
- What happens if an eligible period straddles two eligible financial years?
- Decimal places
Working out the actual wage
- Actual wage to be worked out in accordance with this Part
- Step 1—Determine the person's gross pay for each eligible period
- Step 2—Determine the number of hours the person worked in each eligible period
- Step 3—Determine the BSWATR assessed rate for each eligible period
- Step 4—Work out the person's actual wage for each eligible period
Working out the productivity-scored wage
- Productivity-scored wage to be worked out in accordance with this Part
- Step 1—Determine the BSWATR award rate
- Step 2—Determine the BSWATR productivity component percentage for each eligible period
- Step 3—Work out the person's productivity-scored rate for the eligible period
- Step 4—Work out the productivity-scored wage for each eligible period
Working out the payment amount
- Payment amount to be worked out in accordance with this Part
- Step 1—Determine the excess amount for each eligible period
- Step 2—Determine the excess amount for each eligible financial year
- Step 3—Index the amount for each eligible financial year to calculate the total excess amount
- Step 4—Work out the payment amount
- Calculating the amount on account of tax
- Extensions of time for acceptance period and review period
- Lodging an acceptance
- Applications for internal review
- Withdrawal of application for internal review
Applications and withdrawals
- Application for external review
- Withdrawal of application for external review
Remuneration of external reviewers
- Remuneration payable to external reviewers
- Where the external reviewer has a Commonwealth rate
- Where the external reviewer does not have a Commonwealth rate
- Hourly and daily rates
- Rates are inclusive of GST
External review process
- Requirements for external review
Functions and responsibilities of nominees
- Modification of duty in relation to participants who cannot formulate preferences
- Other duties
Appointment and cancellation or suspension of appointment
- Persons who must not be appointed as nominees
- Nominee declaration
- Criteria and matters for considering appointment
- Requirement to consult
- Cancellation or suspension of appointment of a nominee
Review of certain decisions about nominees
- Applications for review
- Withdrawal of application for review
Purpose and outline
- Purpose of this Chapter
Rules for the purposes of making public interest certificates
- When a public interest certificate may be given
- Secretary must consider disclosure principles
Rules for the purposes of disclosures to other agencies
- When disclosures may be made to other agencies
General
- Purpose and simplified outline of this Chapter
- Financial counsellors
- Meaning of eligible adviser
Publication scheme
- Secretary to establish register of eligible advisers
- Eligible advisers may apply to be included in register
- Removal of eligible advisers from the register
Payments for services provided by an eligible adviser
- Eligible adviser may make a claim for payment
- Maximum amount of a claim
- Secretary to decide claim

Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Rules 2015

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