(1)A pay statement given in accordance with section 81 above need not contain separate particulars of a fixed deduction if it contains instead an aggregate amount of fixed deductions, including that deduction, and the employer has given to the employee, at or before the time at which that pay statement is given, a standing statement of fixed deductions, in writing, which contains the following particulars of each deduction comprised in that aggregate amount, that is to say.—
(a)the amount of the deduction ;
(b)the intervals at which the deduction is to be made ; and
(c)the purpose for which it is made,
and which, in accordance with subsection (4) below, is effective at the date on which the pay statement is given.
(2)A standing statement of fixed deductions may be amended, whether by addition of a new deduction or by a change in the particulars or cancellation of an existing deduction, by notice in writing, containing particulars of the amendment, given by the employer to the employee.
(3)An employer who has given to an employee a standing statement of fixed deductions shall, within the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which the first standing statement was given and at intervals of not more than 12 months thereafter, re-issue it in a consolidated form incorporating any amendments notified in accordance with subsection (2) above.
(4)A standing statement of fixed deductions shall become effective, for the purposes of subsection (1) above, on the date on which it is given to the employee and shall cease to have effect on the expiration of the period of 12 months beginning with that date, or, where it is re-issued in accordance with subsection (3) above, the expiration of the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which it was last re-issued.