- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 November 2022

[FNPF 13,375] Payments of contributions19

(1) For the purpose of section 38(1) of the Act, the employer must immediately advise the Board in the format required of the direction by his or her employee.

(2) For the purpose of section 38(2) of the Act, the Chief Executive Officer may specify a minimum period of time where an FNPF member must not amend or revoke his or her direction under section 38(1) of the Act and the member must only amend or revoke the direction after approval from the Board.

(3) For the purpose of section 38(3) of the Act, the employer must comply with the direction upon confirmation by the Chief Executive Officer of the receipt of the employee’s direction and pay the amount deducted as contributions for the FNPF member at the same time as the employer is required to pay mandated contributions for the member upon confirmation from the Board.

(4) Contributions and penalty amounts may be paid to the Board—

(a)in cash, money order or postal order, given to a member of the Board’s staff authorised by the Chief Executive Officer in that behalf at an office of the Board;
(b)by money order or postal order, or by cheque drawn from a licensed bank, delivered to an office of the Board or by Electronic Fund Transfer or internet banking; or
(c)in some other way determined or authorised by the Chief Executive Officer.

(5) Contributions and penalty amounts are not taken to be paid to the Board until the amount, and the forms required by these Regulations in relation to the payment, are actually received by the Board.