Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the making of, or render invalid, any contract for the payment, or any actual payment, to any worker of the whole or any part of his or her wages in a cheque or draft, payable to the bearer on demand and drawn on any bank, credit union or building society carrying on business in the ACT or in an order in writing for the payment of money to the bearer on demand drawn on any person, company or association carrying on business in the ACT, other than a retail shopkeeper, or publican, if the worker shall freely consent to receive the cheque, draft, or order, but all payments so made with consent, shall, for this Act, be as valid as if made in money.
(2) However, if wages shall be paid to any worker by a cheque, draft, or order in writing mentioned in subsection (1), and it shall be dishonoured, the worker shall be entitled to recover from his or her employer, in addition to any wages due or payable to the worker, such reasonable damages as he or she may have sustained in consequence of the dishonour of the cheque, draft, or order in writing, and the damages shall be recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.