This Act shall be read subject to the provisions of any other Act.

Subject to subsections (3) to (5) of this section, nothing in this Act derogates from or makes it unlawful to comply with—

Notwithstanding anything in any award, determination, collective agreement, or like agreement, after the 1st day of June 1984 no employer shall, without the written authority of a worker, deduct any amount from the wages of the worker and pay it (whether directly or indirectly)—

Where, before or after the 1st day of June 1984, any worker gives to his employer notice in writing informing him that any authority that the employer has, by reason of the written authority of the worker, to make deductions and payments of the kind specified in subsection (3) of this section is withdrawn, the employer shall cease to make, in respect of that worker, deductions and payments of that kind within a period of 2 weeks from the date on which that notice is given to him or as soon as practicable after the expiration of that period.

Where, before the 1st day of June 1984, any worker gives to his employer notice in writing informing the employer that the worker has ceased to be a member of a union of workers or society of workers, the employer shall, within a period of 2 weeks from the date on which that notice is given to him or as soon as practicable after the expiration of that period, cease to make, in respect of that worker, deductions and payments of the kind specified in subsection (3) of this section.”