50. Objects of pay equity assessment---(1) The objects of a pay equity
assessment are---
(a) To obtain the data that will enable the Commissioner to determine
whether gender bias exists in levels of remuneration; and
(b) Where the Commissioner determines that gender bias in levels of
remuneration exists, the extent of that gender bias.
(2) In making a pay equity assessment, the Commissioner shall assess
the difference between---
(a) The remuneration paid within the female occupation; and
(b) The remuneration that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, would
be paid within a male occupation that required of its members
that they---
(i) Work in and under similar conditions; and
(ii) Carry out work requiring, in an overall sense, the same
skills, effort, and responsibility as the female occupation
requires of its members.