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LONG SERVICE LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992 NO.353

Statutory Rules 1992 No. 353

(Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industrial Relations)

Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 26 of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

Section 7 of the Act provides that regulations may be made recognising previous service with prescribed authorities to be taken into account for the purpose of long service leave.

Schedule 1 of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations (the regulations) lists universities that are treated as authorities of a State for this purpose. The purpose of the proposed regulations is to update the current schedule to include those universities formed through the Federal Government's initiatives to amalgamate and reorganise tertiary institutions. Regulation 2 includes the new institutions and universities.

Section 11 of the Act provides that the period of service, for the purpose of long service leave, is the period during which an employee has been employed continuously in Government Service.

Schedule 2 of the regulations lists companies that are fully owned by the Commonwealth, a State, or both for the purpose of recognising under the Act prior service with them.

The National Training Board Ltd (the Board) was established in 1989 as a company fully owned by the Commonwealth and State governments. Regulation 3 includes the Board for this purpose.

The regulations commenced on Gazettal.