Section 169 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Rates of levies

169 Rates of levies (1) Levies are to be paid under sections 168 , 168A , and 168B at a rate or rates prescribed in regulations made under this Act, and must be related in whole or in part to— (a) the amount of earnings paid, estimated to be paid, or deemed by regulations to have been paid by an employer to the employer's employees for that period; or (b) the amount of earnings received for that period as a private domestic worker or deemed by regulations to have been received as a private domestic worker for that period; or (c) the level of earnings (other than earnings as an employee) derived, estimated to be derived, or deemed by regulations to be derived, by a self-employed person. (2) The extent of funds to be derived from levies under sections 168 , 168A , and 168B is to be calculated so that the cost of all claims under the Work Account is fully funded. Subsection (2) was amended, as from 11 May 2005, by section 60(6) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45) by substituting the words “ sections 168 and 168A ” for the expression “ section 168 ” . Section 169 was substituted, as from 1 April 2007, by section 6 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 8). See sections 14 to 16 of that Act for the transitional provisions.