Long Service Leave Act 1976

Number: A1976-27
Status: In Force

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Current version

Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
19 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R29	19 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-30

Administering Minister and Directorate

Minister for Skills, Training and Industrial Relations - Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Classifier	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Long Service Leave (Registrar) Appointment 2023	None	Appointment	Notifiable instruments	s 13	25 January 2023	NI2023-70
Long Service Leave (Authorised Officers) Appointment 2023 (No 1)	None	Appointment	Notifiable instruments	s 13A	25 January 2023	NI2023-71

Related instruments

Name	Effective	Year and No	Classification	Status
Public Sector Management (Long Service Leave Registrar) Delegation 2023	22 December 2022	NI2023-1	ni	None
Public Sector Management (Long Service Leave) Delegation 2023	22 December 2022	NI2023-2	ni	None

Point-in-time versions

Enter a date to find a version from 16 June 1976 onwards:

The following table lists 25 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
19 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R29	19 November 2025	Republication for amendments by A2025-30
1 October 2022 - 18 November 2025	HTML PDF Word	R28	1 October 2022	Republication for expiry of provisions (s 6 (3A)-(3C))
23 June 2021 - 30 September 2022	HTML PDF Word	R27	23 June 2021	Republication for amendments by A2021-12
14 May 2020 - 22 June 2021	HTML PDF Word	R26	14 May 2020	Republication for amendments by A2020-14
8 April 2020 - 13 May 2020	HTML PDF Word	R25	8 April 2020	Republication for amendments by A2020-11
11 October 2019 - 7 April 2020	HTML PDF Word	R24	11 October 2019	Republication for amendments by A2019-32
22 September 2012 - 10 October 2019	HTML PDF Word	R23*	22 September 2012	Republication for expiry of transitional provision (s 19)
21 September 2011 - 21 September 2012	HTML PDF Word	R22	21 September 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-28
1 July 2011 - 20 September 2011	HTML PDF Word	R21	1 July 2011	Republication for amendments by A2011-22
1 January 2010 - 30 June 2011	HTML PDF Word	R20	1 January 2010	Republication for amendments by A2009-25
2 February 2009 - 31 December 2009	HTML PDF Word	R19*	2 February 2009	Republication for amendments by A2008-37
10 September 2008 - 1 February 2009	HTML PDF Word	R18	10 September 2008	Republication for amendments by A2008-43
1 July 2007 - 9 September 2008	HTML PDF Word	R17	1 July 2007	Republication for amendments by A2007-12
12 April 2007 - 30 June 2007	HTML PDF Word	R16	12 April 2007	Republication for amendments by A2007-3
14 May 2006 - 11 April 2007	HTML PDF Word	R15	14 May 2006	Republication for commenced expiry
31 August 2005 - 13 May 2006	HTML PDF Word	R14*	31 August 2005	Republication for amendments by A2005-38
21 May 2005 - 30 August 2005	HTML PDF Word	R13	21 May 2005	Republication for commenced expiry
20 May 2005 - 20 May 2005	HTML PDF Word	R12	20 May 2005	Republication for commencement of uncommenced amendments by A2005-22
14 May 2005 - 19 May 2005	HTML PDF Word	R11 (RI)	19 May 2005	Republication for commenced expiry Reissued for republication correction
13 May 2005 - 13 May 2005	HTML PDF Word	R10 (RI)	18 May 2005	Republication for amendments by A2005-22 Reissued for republication correction
9 April 2004 - 12 May 2005	HTML PDF Word	R9	9 April 2004	Republication for amendments by A2004-15
1 November 2003 - 8 April 2004	HTML PDF Word	R8	1 November 2003	Republication for amendments by A2003-37
3 October 2003 - 31 October 2003	HTML PDF Word	R7	3 October 2003	Republication for amendments by A2003-45
12 September 2001 - 2 October 2003	HTML PDF Word	R6*	23 January 2002
23 June 2000 - 4 September 2001	HTML Word	R5B	23 June 2000
16 June 1976	PDF PDF	As notified	16 June 1976	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

Notification statement

The Long Service Leave Ordinance 1976 was notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 16 June 1976 (Cwlth Gaz 1976 No S103).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Ordinance as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
16 June 1976	16 June 1976	PDF PDF	This ordinance became an ACT Act on 11 May 1989 (see Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) s 34 (4))

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
all provisions	16 June 1976	Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 6 (3A)-(3C)	30 September 2022 (midnight)	expired on the first day no COVID-19 emergency was in force (s 6 (3C))
s 19	21 September 2012 (midnight)	s 19 (3)
s 13 (3)-(5), s 13A (2)-(4)	13 May 2006 (midnight)	s 13 (5), s 13A (4)
s 16	20 May 2005 (midnight)	s 16 (5)
s 13B (5)-(7)	13 May 2005 (midnight)	s 13B (7)

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A1978-20	Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1978	ss 3-7	8 August 1978
A1981-24	Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1981	s 2	10 September 1981
Ord1982-38	Ordinances Revision (Companies Amendments) Ordinance 1982	sch 4	1 July 1982
A1987-73	Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1987	ss 4-7	1 January 1988
A1989-38	Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989	sch 1	11 May 1989
A1993-1	Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993	sch 1	1 March 1993
A1994-81	Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1994	sch	29 November 1994
A1994-97	Statutory Offices (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994	sch pt 1	15 December 1994
A2020-11	COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020	sch 1 pt 1.12	8 April 2020
A1995-46	Statute Law Revision Act 1995	sch	18 December 1995
A1997-68	Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1997	ss 4-15	17 December 1997
A1999-85	Long Service Leave (Contract Cleaning Industry) Act 1999	s 69	23 June 2000
A2001-44	Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001	pt 229	12 September 2001
A2001-56	Statute Law Amendment Act 2001 (No 2)	sch 3 pt 3.35	5 September 2001
A2020-14	COVID-19 Emergency Response Legislation Amendment Act 2020	sch 1 pt 1.19	14 May 2020
A2003-37	Vocational Education and Training Act 2003	sch 2 pt 2.5	1 November 2003
A2003-45	Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Act 2003	pt 2	3 October 2003
A2004-15	Criminal Code (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Amendment Act 2004	sch 2 pt 2.52	9 April 2004
A2005-22	Long Service Leave Amendment Act 2005	ss 4-12, sch 1	13 May 2005
A2005-22	Long Service Leave Amendment Act 2005	s 13, s 14	20 May 2005
A2005-38	Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2005	s 5	31 August 2005
A2007-3	Statute Law Amendment Act 2007	sch 3 pt 3.63	12 April 2007
A2007-12	Training and Tertiary Education Legislation Amendment Act 2007	sch 1 pt 1.9	1 July 2007
A2008-37	ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (No 2)	sch 1 pt 1.71	2 February 2009
A2008-43	Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Act 2008	pt 2	10 September 2008
A2009-25	Long Service Leave (Portable Schemes) Act 2009	sch 4 pt 4.2	1 January 2010
A2011-22	Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2011	sch 1 pt 1.96	1 July 2011
A2011-28	Statute Law Amendment Act 2011 (No 2)	sch 3 pt 3.25	21 September 2011
A2019-36	Public Sector Management Amendment Act 2019	sch 1	11 October 2019
A2021-12	Statute Law Amendment Act 2021	sch 3 pt 3.32	23 June 2021
A2025-30	Workplace Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (No 3)	pt 3, sch 1 pt 1.2	19 November 2025