Australian Capital Territory

long service leave act 1976
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Updated as at 23 June 2000
CONTENTS
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	1	 Short title	1
	2	Interpretation	1
	3	Entitlement to long service leave	5
	4	Amount of long service leave	6
	6	Grant of leave	6
	7	Payment for leave	6
	8	Manner of payment for leave	7
	9	Public holidays to count as leave	8
	10	Service not affected by transmission of business	8
	10A	Continuity of service in certain cases	8
	11	Service with associated companies	9
	11A	Pay in lieu of long service leave	9
	11B	Pay for ineligible service after 10 years	10
	11C	Pro rata long service leave entitlement	11
	11D	Calculation of ordinary remuneration	11
	12	Long service leave records	12
	13	Registrar of Long Service Leave	13
	13A	Authorised officers	14
	13B	Identity cards	14
	13C	Powers of entry of authorised officers	15
	13D	Complaints	15
	13E	Notice to comply with Act	16
	13F	Review of directions by Registrar	16
	13G	Review of decisions	16
	13H	Obstructing etc. authorised officers	16
	13J	Liability	17
	13K	Delegation by Registrar	17
	14	No contracting out	17
	16	Application	17
	18	Regulations	18
ENDNOTES
	1	About this republication	19
	2	About the republished Act	19
	3	Abbreviation key	19
	4	Table of legislation	20
	5	Table of amendments	21
	6	Table of earlier republications	21

Australian Capital Territory

long service leave act 1976
An Act relating to Long Service Leave
1		Short title
	This Act may be cited as the Long Service Leave Act 1976.
2	Interpretation
(1)	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“agreement” means an industrial agreement made under the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 of the Commonwealth;
“approved training agreement” means a training agreement approved by the Vocational Education and Training Authority under paragraph 30 (2) (a) of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1995;
“associated company” means a company that is, within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Law, a subsidiary, a holding company or a related body corporate;
“authorised officer” means a person who is an authorised officer by virtue of section 13A;
“award” means an award made under the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 of the Commonwealth or a determination;
“award holiday” means a day that is, by virtue of an award or agreement, a holiday for persons employed in an industry;
“casual employee” means a person who is, from time to time offered regular and systematic employment on the basis that the offer of employment might be accepted or rejected and in circumstances where it could be expected by that person that further employment of the same type would or might be offered and accepted, but in respect of which there is no certainty about the period over which it would continue to be offered;
“continuous service”, in relation to an employee, includes—
	(a)	a period of annual leave or long service leave;
	(b)	a period of leave, not exceeding 14 days in any 1 year, taken on account of illness or injury;
	(c)	a period during which the service of an employee is interrupted or terminated by his or her employer with the intention of avoiding the granting of long service leave; and
	(d)	in the case of an employee who commences service with an employer within a period of 12 months from the completion of an apprenticeship, or an approved training agreement, with the employer—the period of the apprenticeship, or an approved training agreement;
“determination” includes a variation, suspension, interpretation or cancellation of a determination;
“employee” includes—
	(a)	a person who is remunerated at piece-work rates;
	(b)	a part-time employee; and
	(c)	a casual employee;
“minimum retiring age”, in relation to a person, means—
	(a)	if the person is included in a class of persons in respect of whom a minimum retiring age is fixed by an award or agreement—the age so fixed; and
	(b)	in any other case—the age of 65 years;
“ordinary remuneration”, in relation to an employee, means the sum of—
	(a)	the salary or wages payable to the employee;
	(b)	any allowances payable to the employee in respect of skill, qualifications, board and lodging;
	(c)	any amounts payable to the employee under a bonus, performance pay or incentive scheme, being amounts that are usually paid to the employee with his or her salary or wages; and
	(d)	where the employee is provided with board and lodging by his or her employer, an amount equal to the value of that board and lodging;
“salary or wages” does not include—
	(a)	payments in respect of overtime;
	(b)	payments at penalty rates of pay; or
	(c)	allowances which, by virtue of an award or agreement, are not to be taken into account in determining a rate of remuneration in respect of overtime;
“trainee” means the person who is obliged under a training agreement to undertake training;
“training agreement” means a written agreement between a trainee and his or her employer, the terms of which are in accordance with the terms determined by the Vocational Education and Training Authority under section 33 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1995.
(2)  For the purposes of this Act, the fact that a person is remunerated wholly or partly by commission does not in itself prevent the person from being held to be an employee.
(2A)	An employee who—
	(a)	is registered under the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Act 1981; and
	(b)	has elected in pursuance of section 63 of that Act to take long service benefits under that Act in respect of a period specified by the employee; 
shall be entitled to receive benefits under this Act if, had a benefit not been received by the employee under the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Act 1981, the employee would have been entitled to receive benefits under this Act in respect of the same period.
(2B)	An employee who—
	(a)	is registered under the Long Service Leave (Cleaning, Building and Property Services) Act 1999; and
	(b)	has elected under section 64 of that Act to take long service benefits under that Act in respect of a period stated by the employee; 
is entitled to receive benefits under this Act if, had a benefit not been received by the employee under the Long Service Leave (Cleaning, Building and Property Services) Act 1999, the employee would have been entitled to receive benefits under this Act in respect of the same period.
(3)	For the purpose of calculating an employee’s ordinary remuneration, where, during a year, an employee is remunerated wholly by commission, or partly by salary or wages and partly by commission—
	(a)	the employee shall be deemed to have been remunerated wholly by salary or wages throughout the year; and
	(b)	the amount payable for salary or wages to the employee in respect of a week in that year shall be deemed to be the amount calculated by dividing the total amount payable to the employee during that year in respect of commission, or salary or wages and commission, as the case requires, by 52.
(3A)	A reference in this Act to a period of service shall be read as a reference to a period of continuous service as an employee of a particular employer.
(4)	For the purpose of calculating an employee’s period of service, service by the employee as a member of the Defence Force, other than as a member rendering continuous full-time service, shall be deemed to be service with the person by whom the employee was employed immediately before he or she commenced service in the Defence Force.
(4A)	A reference in this Act to a period of service shall be read as including a reference to a period for which an employee was temporarily employed outside the Territory.
(5)	For the purpose of calculating an employee’s period of service, a period of interruption of service listed as follows does not break the continuity of service and is not to be taken into account in calculating the total period of service, that is to say:
	(a)	a period of interruption of service caused by an industrial dispute where the employee returns to the service of the employer in accordance with the terms of settlement of the dispute;
	(b)	a period during which an employee is stood down by his or her employer because of slackness of trade where the employee is re-employed by the employer within a period of 6 months from the date of the standing down;
	(c)	a period, other than a period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “continuous service”, during which the employee is absent with the leave of his or her employer;
	(d)	a period during which the employee is absent on account of injury arising out of or in the course of his or her employment; 
	(e)	any other interruption or termination of service by the employer, other than with the intention of avoiding the granting of long service leave, where the employee returns to the service of the employer within a period of 2 months from the date of commencement of the interruption or termination.
3	Entitlement to long service leave
(1)	An employee who has completed a period of 10 years of service with his or her employer is entitled to long service leave in respect of that period.
(2)	An employee is entitled to long service leave in respect of each consecutive period of 5 years of service completed by the employee after the expiration of the tenth year of service.
(3)	An employee’s entitlement to long service leave in respect of a period of service accrues to the employee at the expiration of that period.
4	Amount of long service leave
	The amount of long service leave to which an employee is entitled in respect of a period of service shall be calculated—
	(a)	in respect of any part of that period that occurred before 11 May 1964—at the rate of 3/20 of a month’s leave per annum; and
	(b)	in respect of any part of that period that occurred after 10 May 1964—at the rate of 1/5 of a month’s leave per annum.
6	Grant of leave
(1)	Long service leave to which an employee is entitled under this Act shall be granted by the employer—
	(a)	as soon as practicable after the leave has accrued, having regard to the needs of the employer’s establishment; or
	(b)	at such other time or times as are agreed by the employer and the employee.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.
(2)	Unless the employee otherwise agrees, the employer shall give the employee at least 60 days’ notice in writing of the date from which long service leave is to be taken.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.
(3)  Subject to subsection (4), long service leave shall not be granted in a period of less than 1 month.
(4)  Long service leave may be granted in a period of less than 1 month if the employer and the employee so agree.
7	Payment for leave
(1)	Payment for long service leave shall be made at the rate of an amount equivalent to the ordinary remuneration the employee would have received in respect of the period of leave if he or she had not taken the leave.
(2)	In the case of an employee who is a part-time employee or casual employee, the ordinary remuneration shall be calculated by multiplying the average number of hours worked each week by the employee during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the day on which the employee became entitled to the leave by the ordinary remuneration of the employee on that day.
(3)	If, within the period of 2 years immediately before the date on which an employee becomes entitled to long service leave in respect of a period of service, the employee ceases to be employed full time and is employed part time or as a casual employee, the ordinary remuneration for long service leave shall be calculated by dividing by 5 the total amount of salary or wages paid to the employee in the period of 5 years ending on his or her becoming so entitled.
8	Manner of payment for leave
(1)	Payment in respect of long service leave shall be made—
	(a)	in advance for the whole period of the long service leave;
	(b)	at the same times as it would have been made if the employee had not taken the leave and, if the employee so requires, by cheque posted to an address specified by the employee; or
	(c)	in such other manner as is agreed by the employer and the employee.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units; 
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.
(1A)	If, after payment in respect of long service leave is made in accordance with subsection (1), the amount of ordinary remuneration payable under an award or agreement to the employee increases, payment of that increase shall—
	(a)	if payment was made under paragraph (1) (a)—be made to the employee as soon as practicable on completion of that leave;
	(b)	if payment was made under paragraph (1) (b)—be made to the employee in accordance with that paragraph; or
	(c)	if payment was made under paragraph (1) (c)—be made in such manner as is agreed by the employer and the employee, or in the absence of such agreement, as soon as practicable on completion of that leave.
(2)	Payment in lieu of long service leave shall be made—
	(a)	to the employee as soon as practicable after termination of his or her employment; or
	(b)	in the case of a deceased employee, to his or her legal personal representative as soon as practicable after the death of the employee but in any case not later than 12 months after his or her death.
9	Public holidays to count as leave
	Where a public holiday or an award holiday falls during a period of long service leave taken by an employee—
	(a)	the public holiday or award holiday shall be deemed to be part of the long service leave; and
	(b)	the period of leave shall not be increased because of the holiday.
10	Service not affected by transmission of business
	Where, before or after the date of commencement of this Act, a business is transmitted from 1 employer to another and a person who was, immediately before the transmission, an employee of the first employer becomes, immediately after the transmission, an employee of the second employer—
	(a)	the period of service of the employee shall be deemed not to have been interrupted; and
	(b)	the period of service of the employee with the first employer shall be deemed to be service with the second employer.
10A	Continuity of service in certain cases
(1)	Where—
	(a)	a contract for the supply of services by 1 party to the contract (in this section called “the first contractor”) on behalf of the other party to the contract (in this section called “the principal”) has been discharged;
	(b)	the principal enters into another contract with a person other than the first contractor for the supply of those services on its behalf by that other person (in this section called “the second contractor”);
	(c)	that other contract imposes an obligation on the second contractor to the effect that, so far as practicable, the second contractor shall employ, in supplying those services, persons whose employment with the first contractor ceased because of the discharge of the first-mentioned contract; and
	(d)	pursuant to that obligation the second contractor employs such a former employee of the first contractor;
this section applies to that former employee.
(2)	Where this section applies to a person, the aggregate of the periods of service by the person for the first contractor and the second contractor shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to be 1 period of service for the second contractor.
11	Service with associated companies
	Where, over a continuous period, an employee has been employed by 2 or more companies each of which is an associated company, the employee is entitled to long service leave as if he or she had, during the whole of the period of service, been employed by the company by which he or she is employed at the date at which his or her long service leave accrues.
11A	Pay in lieu of long service leave
1)	For the purposes of this section, the long service leave credit of a person is the amount of long service leave that has accrued to the person less the amount of long service leave granted to the person.
(2)	Where—
	(a)	a person’s employment ceases for any reason; and
	(b)	the person had a long service leave credit immediately before the employment ceased;
the employer shall pay the amount ascertained in accordance with subsection (3)—
	(c)	to the person; or
	(d)	if the person is dead—to the legal personal representative of the deceased person.
(3)	The amount payable is an amount that is equal to the amount of ordinary remuneration that, but for the cessation of employment, would have been payable by the employer under section 7 to the person for a period of service equal to the period of the person’s long service leave credit immediately before the cessation of employment.
(4)	For the purposes of subsection (1), long service leave is to be taken to have accrued in respect of any uncompleted period of 5 years service that commenced immediately after the expiration of the last period of service in respect of which long service leave accrued to the person in the same proportion as the number of years or months of service completed bears to 5 years.
11B	Pay for ineligible service after 10 years
(1)	In this section—
“period of ineligible service”, in relation to a person, means a period of service of not less than 1 year but less than 5 years that commenced immediately after the expiration of the last period of service in respect of which long service leave accrued to the person.
(2)	Where—
	(a)	a person’s employment ceases for any reason; and
	(b)	the person had completed a period of ineligible service in that employment;
the employer shall pay the amount ascertained in accordance with subsection (3)—
	(c)	to the person; or
	(d)	if the person is dead—to the legal personal representative of the deceased person.
(3)	The amount payable is an amount that is equal to the amount of ordinary remuneration that, but for the cessation of employment, would have been payable by the employer to the person for a period of service equal to the period that is ascertained by multiplying 1/5 of a month’s leave by the number of years or months of service completed by the person in the period of ineligible service referred to in paragraph (2) (b).
11C	Pro rata long service leave entitlement
(1)	Where—
	(a)	a person’s employment is terminated—
	(i)	by the person because of illness or incapacity or a domestic or other pressing necessity of such a nature to justify the termination;
	(ii)	by the person upon or after attaining the minimum retiring age;
	(iii)	by the death of the person; or
	(iv)	by the employer for a reason other than the person’s serious and wilful misconduct; and
	(b)	the person had completed a period of service in that employment of not less than 7 years but less than 10 years;
the employer shall pay the amount ascertained in accordance with subsection (2)—
	(c)	to the person; or
	(d)	if the person is dead—to the legal personal representative of the deceased person.
(2)	The amount payable is an amount that is equal to the amount of ordinary remuneration that, but for the cessation of employment, would have been payable by the employer to the person for a period of service equal to the period that bears to 2 months the same proportion as the number of years or months of service completed by the person bears to 10 years.
11D	Calculation of ordinary remuneration
	For the purposes of section 11A, 11B or 11C, the amount of ordinary remuneration that, but for the cessation of employment by a person, would have been payable by the employer to the person for a period of service referred to in that section shall be calculated—
	(a)	at the rate at which ordinary remuneration was payable to the person immediately before the cessation of employment; and
	(b)	if the person was a part-time employee or casual employee immediately before the cessation of employment—on the basis that during that period of service the person would have been employed for the number of hours per week that is equal to the average number of hours per week for which the employee was employed during the period of 12 months immediately before the cessation of employment.
12	Long service leave records
(1)	An employer shall, in respect of each person employed by him or her, keep a record showing particulars of—
	(a)	the name, occupation and classification of the employee;
	(b)	whether the employee is full-time, part-time or casual;
	(c)	the employee’s ordinary remuneration, including the base rate of pay and any loading payable to the employee, and the purpose of the loading;
	(d)	the number of hours worked each week by the employee;
	(e)	the date on which the employee commenced service;
	(f)	the period of any annual leave taken by the employee;
	(g)	the employee’s entitlement to long service leave;
	(h)	long service leave granted, or payment in lieu of leave made, to the employee;
	(j)	where the person has ceased to be employed by the employer—the date on which, and manner in which, he or she so ceased to be employed;
	(k)	the date of birth of the employee as provided by the employee;
	(m)	if overtime may be paid under the award to the employee—
	(i)	the number of hours worked by the employee during each day; and
	(ii)	when the employee started and ceased work;
	(n)	the name of each award or agreement under which the employee has entitlements.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—20 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—100 penalty units.
(2)	An employer shall retain a record referred to in subsection (1)—
	(a)	in the case of records relating to an employee whose service is terminated by death—for a period of 7 years after the date on which all moneys owing to his or her legal personal representative are paid; and
	(b)	in any other case—for a period of 7 years after the date on which the service of the person to whom the record relates is terminated.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—20 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—100 penalty units.
(3)	Subject to subsection (4), an employer shall, at the request of an authorised officer, make available for inspection by the authorised officer a record kept or retained for the purpose of this section.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.
(4)	An employer is not required by subsection (3) to make a record available for inspection otherwise than at a place of business of the employer during the hours during which the employer’s business is normally conducted at that place.
13	Registrar of Long Service Leave
(1)	There shall be a Registrar of Long Service Leave.
(2)	In addition to performing the functions of the Registrar under this Act and the regulations, the Registrar shall perform such other functions as the Minister directs.
(3)	The Chief Executive shall create and maintain an office in the Public Service the duties of which include performing the functions of the Registrar of Long Service Leave.
(4)	The Registrar shall be the public servant for the time being performing the duties of the Public Service office referred to in subsection (3).
13A	Authorised officers
(1)	There shall be 1 or more authorised officers for the purposes of this Act.
(2)	The Chief Executive may create and maintain 1 or more offices in the Public Service the duties of which include performing the functions of an authorised officer.
(3)	The following persons shall be authorised officers:
	(a)	any public servant for the time being performing the duties of a Public Service office referred to in subsection (2);
	(b)	any other person (including an officer of the Australian Public Service constituted under the Public Service Act 1922 of the Commonwealth) appointed, in writing, by the Chief Executive for the purpose.
13B	Identity cards
(1)	The Chief Executive shall issue to the Registrar an identity card that specifies the Registrar’s name and office, and on which appears a recent photograph of the Registrar.
(2)	The Chief Executive shall issue to a delegate of the Registrar with any delegated powers of an authorised officer an identity card that specifies the delegate’s name and delegated office, and on which appears a recent photograph of the delegate.
(3)	The Chief Executive shall issue to an authorised officer an identity card that specifies the authorised officer’s name and office, and on which appears a recent photograph of the authorised officer.
(4)	On ceasing—
	(a)	to occupy, or to act in, the office of the Registrar;
	(b)	to be a delegate of the Registrar with any delegated powers of an authorised officer; or
	(c)	to occupy, or to act in, an office of authorised officer;
a person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to return his or her identity card to the Chief Executive.
Penalty:  1 penalty unit.
13C	Powers of entry of authorised officers
(1)	Subject to subsection (2), if an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that it is necessary to do so for the purposes of this Act an authorised officer may, at any time, enter premises of an employer and exercise the powers referred to in subsection (4).
(2)	An authorised officer shall not enter premises under subsection (1) without the consent of the employer.
(3)	An authorised officer who enters premises under subsection (1) is not authorised to remain on the premises, and a person is not required to comply with a requirement made by an authorised officer under subsection (4), if, on request by the employer, or the person in charge of the premises, the authorised officer does not produce his or her identity card.
(4)	An authorised officer who enters premises under subsection (1) may—
	(a)	require the employer to make available for inspection records required to be kept under this Act; and
	(b)	make copies of, or take extracts from records referred to in paragraph (a).
13D	Complaints
(1)	Where a complaint is made to the Registrar by an employee, the Registrar shall refer the complaint to an authorised officer.
(2)	Where a complaint made by an employee—
	(a)	is made to an authorised officer; or
	(b)	is referred to an authorised officer under subsection (1);
the authorised officer may, by notice in writing, require the complainant and the employer to whom the complaint relates, to attend a conference at a place, date and time specified in the notice to endeavour to resolve the complaint.
(3)	A complaint shall be in writing in accordance with a form approved by the Registrar.
(4)	A conference shall be conducted in such a manner as the authorised officer thinks fit.
(5)	Except with the consent of the authorised officer—
(a)	a natural person is not entitled to be represented at a conference by another person; and
(b)	a body of persons (whether incorporated or unincorporated) is not entitled to be represented at a conference by a person other than a member, officer or employee of the body.
(6)	In this section—
“complaint” means a complaint by an employee concerning his or her entitlements under this Act.
13E	Notice to comply with Act
	An authorised officer may, if satisfied having regard to the relevant circumstances of a particular case that it is necessary to do so, by notice in writing, require an employer, within 28 days after the date of the notice, to comply with the Act.
13F	Review of directions by Registrar
(1)	An employer may apply to the Registrar for a review of a requirement made of him or her under section 13E.
(2)	An application shall be in writing.
(3)	The Registrar may uphold, revoke or vary the terms of, the requirement.
(4)	Where the Registrar makes a decision under subsection (3), the Registrar shall give notice in writing of his or her decision to the applicant.
13G	Review of decisions
(1)	Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision of the Registrar under section 13F.
(2)	A notice under subsection 13F (4) shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice in force under subsection 25 (1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1989.
13H	Obstructing etc. authorised officers
(1)	A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder an Authorised officer in the exercise of his or her powers under this Act.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.
(2) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, contravene a requirement made under section 13E.
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.
13J	Liability
	An action or other proceeding, civil or criminal, does not lie against the Registrar or an authorised officer for or in relation to any act done, or omission made, in good faith in connection with his or her powers under this Act or the regulations.
13K	Delegation by Registrar
	The Registrar may delegate to any person any of the Registrar’s powers under this Act or the regulations, other than the Registrar’s powers under section 13F.
14	No contracting out
(1)	Subject to subsection (2), this Act has effect notwithstanding any award or agreement to the contrary.
(2)	Nothing in this Act affects the operation of an award or agreement to the extent that the award or agreement confers upon an employee rights that are more advantageous to the employee than the rights conferred upon the employee by this Act.
16	Application
(1)	Subject to subsection (2), this Act does not apply to or in relation to a period of service served before the date of commencement of this Act if, before that date, the service of the employee was terminated otherwise than for the purpose of avoiding the granting of long service leave.
(2)	Where—
	(a)	an employee ceased to be an employee during the period that commenced on 1 January 1975 and ended on the day immediately preceding the day on which this Act came into operation; and
	(b)	the employee would, if this Act had been in force on the day on which he or she ceased to be an employee, have been entitled to long service leave, or to payment in lieu of long service leave, on that day;
the employee is entitled to payment, in lieu of long service leave, in respect of the period of leave to which he or she would have been so entitled if this Act had been in force on that day.
(3)	Long service leave granted, or payment in lieu of long service leave made, before the date of commencement of this Act—
	(a)	shall be deemed to be leave granted, or payment made, under this Act; and
	(b)	shall be deducted from any leave or payment to which the employee would be entitled by virtue of this Act.
18	Regulations
	The Executive may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

ENDNOTES
1	About this republication
This is a republication of the Long Service Leave Act 1976 as in force on 23 June 2000.  It includes all amendments made to the Act up to Act 1999 No 85.
Amending laws are annotated in the table of legislation and table of amendments.
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office currently prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws:  authorised printed republications to which the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 applies and unauthorised electronic republications.  The status of this republication appears on the cover.
Section 13 of the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel, in preparing a law for republication, to make textual amendments of a formal nature which the Parliamentary Counsel considers desirable in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  The amendments do not effect a substantive change in the law.
In preparing this republication, amendments have not been made under section 13.
Not all amendments made under section 13 are annotated in the table of amendments.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
2	About the republished Act
The Long Service Leave Act 1976 was originally the Long Service Leave Ordinance 1976.  It became an ACT Act on self-government (11 May 1989).
3	Abbreviation key
Key to abbreviations in tables

am = amended
amdt = amendment
ch = chapter
cl = clause
def = definition
dict = dictionary
div = division
exp = expires/expired
Gaz = Gazette
hdg = heading
ins = inserted/added
LR = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996
mod = modified
No = number
notfd = notified
o = order
om = omitted/repealed
orig = original
p = page
par = paragraph
pres = present
prev = previous
(prev...) = previously
prov = provision
pt = part
r = rule/subrule
reg = regulation/subregulation
renum = renumbered
reloc = relocated
R[X] = Republication No
s = section/subsection
sch = schedule
sdiv = subdivision
sub = substituted
SL  = Subordinate Law
sp = spent
*  = SL unless otherwise stated
† = Act or Ordinance unless otherwise stated

4	Table of legislation
Part 1—Legislation before self-government
Ordinance†	Year and number†	Gazette
notification	Commencement	Transitional provisions	

Long Service Leave Ordinance 1976	1976 No 27	16 June 1976	16 June 1976		
Long Service Leave (Amendment) Ordinance 1978	1978 No 20	8 Aug 1978	8 Aug 1978	—	
Long Service Leave (Amendment) Ordinance 1981	1981 No 24	10 Sept 1981	10 Sept 1981	—	
Ordinances Revision (Companies Amendments) Ordinance 1982	1982 No 38	30 June 1982	1 July 1982	—	
Long Service Leave (Amendment) Ordinance 1987	1987 No 73	22 Dec 1987	1 Jan 1988	—	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	1989 No 38	10 May 1989	ss 1 and 2:  10 May 1989
remainder:  11 May 1989 (see s 2 (2) and Gaz 1989 No S164)	—	
Part 2—Legislation after self-government
Act†	Year and number†	Gazette
notification	Commencement	Transitional provisions	

Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993	1993 No 1	1 Mar 1993	1 Mar 1993	—	
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1994	1994 No 81	29 Nov 1994	ss 1 and 2:  29 Nov 1994
remainder:  29 Nov 1994 (see Gaz 1994 No S269 p 2)	—	
Statutory Offices (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994	1994 No 97	15 Dec 1994	ss 1 and 2:  15 Dec 1994
remainder:  15 Dec 1994 (see Gaz 1994 No S293)	pt III 
(ss 4-9)	
Statute Law Revision Act 1995	1995 No 46	18 Dec 1995	18 Dec 1995	—	
Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1997	1997 No 68	9 Oct 1997	ss 1-3:  9 Oct 1997
remainder:  17 Dec 1997 (see Gaz 1997 No S416)	—	
Long Service Leave (Cleaning, Building and Property Services) Act 1999	1999 No 85	23 Dec 1999	pts 1 and 2 (ss 1-28):  23 Dec 1999
remainder:  23 June 2000
	—	
5	Table of amendments

Provision	How affected†

s 2	am 1981 No 24; 1982 No 38; 1987 No 73; 1989 No 38; 1995 No 46; 1997 No 68; 1999 No 85 s 69
s 3	sub 1987 No 73
	am 1997 No 68
s 4	sub 1987 No 73
s 5	am 1978 No 20
	om 1987 No 73
s 6	am 1978 No 20; 1994 No 81; 1997 No 68
s 7	am 1997 No 68
s 8	am 1978 No 20; 1994 No 81; 1997 No 68
s 10A	ins 1987 No 73
ss 11A-11D	ins 1987 No 73
	am 1997 No 68
s 12	am 1978 No 20; 1994 No 81; 1997 No 68
s 13	sub 1994 No 97; 1997 No 68
ss 13A-13K	ins 1997 No 68
s 15	om 1978 No 20
s 17	om 1993 No 1
s 18	am 1989 No 38
	sub 1997 No 68

6	Table of earlier republications
Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
(1)	Ordinance 1989 No 38	31 May 1991	
(2)	Act 1993 No 1	31 August 1993	
(3)	Act 1994 No 97	31 January 1995	
(4)	Act 1995 No 46	30 November 1996	
(5)	Act 1997 No 68	31 December 1997	

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