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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 264

             (1)  For the purposes of this Division, an eligible casual employee is a casual employee:

                     (a)  who has been engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment during a period of at least 12 months; and

                     (b)  who, but for an expected birth or an expected placement of a child, would have a reasonable expectation of continuing engagement by the employer on a regular and systematic basis.

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), for the purposes of this Division, a casual employee is also an eligible casual employee if:

                     (a)  the employee was engaged by a particular employer on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods during a period (the first period of employment ) of less than 12 months; and

                     (b)  at the end of the first period of employment, the employee ceased, on the employer's initiative, to be so engaged by the employer; and

                     (c)  the employer later again engaged the employee on a regular and systematic basis for a further sequence of periods during a period (the second period of employment ) that started not more than 3 months after the end of the first period of employment; and

                     (d)  the combined length of the first period of employment and the second period of employment is at least 12 months; and

                     (e)  the employee, but for an expected birth or an expected placement of a child, would have a reasonable expectation of continuing engagement by the employer on a regular and systematic basis.