Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act earnings ,
of a natural person, means money that is or will be payable to the person for
or in relation to services provided by the person by way of —
(a)
wages, salary, commissions, fees, bonuses, overtime pay, leave loadings,
payments in lieu of leave, or otherwise;
(b) an
annuity or pension for or in relation to past services, whether or not the
services were provided to the person paying the annuity;
(c)
periodical payments of compensation for —
(i)
the loss, abolition or relinquishment of, or any
reduction in the remuneration of, any office or employment; or
(ii)
the loss of the money referred to in paragraph (a)
because of illness or injury, whether at work or not,
but does not include
the following —
(d)
money payable to the person under a child maintenance order made under the
Family Court Act 1997 ;
(e)
money payable to the person under a child maintenance order made under the
Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth;
(f)
money payable to the person under the Child Support (Registration and
Collection) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;
(g)
money payable to the person under the Child Support Assessment Act 1988
of the Commonwealth;
(h) a
pension, benefit or allowance payable to the person under —
(i)
the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; or
(ii)
the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 of the
Commonwealth;
(i)
money payable to the person that is prescribed not to be
earnings for the purposes of this Act.