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4.3 Instalments of PLP

Introduction

A person must be paid PLP in instalments for an instalment period (1.1.I.80). A PLP instalment must be paid by a person's employer or by Centrelink.

This chapter outlines the rules for working out the amount of an instalment and prohibitions on deductions that can be made from an instalment.

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