REVISED

Australian Capital Territory
Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Employers Levy Determination 2009 
Disallowable instrument DI2009—256

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Act 2009 (the Act) establishes a portable long service leave scheme for workers in the building and construction industry and the contract cleaning industry. Under section 51(1) of the Act the Minister may determine the levy payable by employers for a covered industry for each quarter. 
Section 6 of the Act provides that the building and construction industry and the contract cleaning industry are covered industries for the purposes of the Act.
Under Schedule 5 of the Act all instruments under the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Act 1981 and the Long Service Leave (Contract Cleaning Industry) Act 1999 are repealed on the commencement of the Act on 
1 January 2010.
This disallowable instrument provides continuance of the employers’ levy under the new Act and sets the levies at:
a)	1% of ordinary wages paid by employers to employees in the building and construction industry; and 
b)	2% of ordinary wages paid by employers to employees in the contract cleaning industry.