His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Long Service Leave Act 1955.
JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,Minister for Industrial Relations
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Long Service Leave Regulation 2000.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 28 June 2000.Note—Section 4 of the Industrial Relations Leave Legislation Amendment (Bonuses) Act 2000 authorises the commencement of this Regulation before the date of its publication in the Gazette. That section also deals with the effect of this Regulation on payments or entitlements to payments made or arising before the publication of this Regulation, namely, the publication of this Regulation will not affect any payment made in respect of long service leave before the publication of this Regulation or any entitlement to payment arising before that publication that was the subject of proceedings instituted in a court before the commencement of that amending Act.
3 Definition
In this Regulation:the Act means the Long Service Leave Act 1955.
4 Calculation of ordinary pay for payment of leave: bonuses
For the purposes of section 3 (2C) of the Act, the prescribed annual amount of a worker’s ordinary pay is $120,000.Note—The Long Service Leave Act 1955 provides that bonuses paid to workers are to form part of the ordinary pay of a worker for the purposes of payment for long service leave. Section 3 (2C) of that Act provides that bonuses received by a worker are not to be taken into account if the ordinary annual pay of the worker (excluding bonuses) exceeds the amount prescribed by the regulations. The above clause prescribes that amount.
5 Notes
The explanatory note and notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.