Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Repeal and savings .............................................................................. 1

4............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 2

5............ Application of the Act ......................................................................... 7

6............ Meaning of authority of a State or of the Northern Territory .............. 7

7............ Regulations with respect to previous service with prescribed authorities etc.            7

8............ Meaning of salary ............................................................................... 8

8A......... Certain payments not included in salary .............................................. 9

9............ Delegation by approving authority ...................................................... 9

9B......... Delegations by Presiding Officers ...................................................... 9

10.......... Meaning of employment in Government Service .............................. 10

11.......... Period of service ............................................................................... 13

12.......... Continuity of service ......................................................................... 14

13.......... Modifications of sections 11 and 12 in relation to service in the Independent State of Papua New Guinea              18

14.......... Concurrent employment .................................................................... 21

15.......... Award etc. in relation to long service leave for seamen ..................... 23

16.......... Long service leave and payments in lieu of long service leave .......... 24

17.......... Extended leave or pay in lieu of leave for employees not entitled to long service leave             26

18.......... Calculation of long service leave credit ............................................. 28

19.......... Application of section 18 .................................................................. 29

20.......... Rate of salary while absent on long service leave .............................. 31

21.......... Rate of salary in relation to pay in lieu of leave ................................. 34

22.......... Long service leave benefits not to be granted under other laws ......... 35

23.......... Additional provisions relating to death of an employee ..................... 36

24.......... Transitional provision ....................................................................... 37

24A....... Commonwealth Teaching Service--transitional ................................ 38

25.......... Amendment of the Meat Inspection Arrangements Act 1964 ............ 40

26.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 40

Notes                                                                                                                                              41

An Act to make Provision for Long Service Leave in respect of Employees of the Commonwealth and certain other Persons, and for other purposes

 

 

Notes to the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

Note 1

The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 192, 1976 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50). The amendment is incorporated in this compilation.

The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 is affected by sections 26 and 32 of the Qantas Sale Act 1992 (No. 196, 1992), section 15 of the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Limited Sale Act 1993 (No. 54, 1993) and sections 15-21 of the CSL Sale Act 1993 (No. 88, 1993).

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 7 March 2000 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976	192, 1976	20 Dec 1976	20 Dec 1976
Australian National Railways Amendment Act 1978	9, 1978	1 Apr 1978	1 Mar 1978	--
Commonwealth Employees (Redeployment and Retirement) Act 1979	52, 1979	14 June 1979	S. 20: Royal Assent Remainder: 6 Feb 1981 (see Gazette 1981, No. S20)	--
Australian Federal Police (Consequential Amendments) Act 1979	155, 1979	28 Nov 1979	19 Oct 1979 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1979, No. S206)	--
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Amendment Act 1981	6, 1981	13 Mar 1981	13 Mar 1981	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1981	61, 1981	12 June 1981	S. 116: 30 Sept 1983 (see Gazette 1983, No. S222) (a)	--
Australian National Railways Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1983	141, 1983	22 Dec 1983	17 Feb 1984 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1984, No. S47)	--
Public Service Reform Act 1984	63, 1984	25 June 1984	S. 142: Royal Assent (b) S. 143: 1 Oct 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S383) (b)	--
Public Service and Statutory Authorities Amendment Act 1985	166, 1985	11 Dec 1985	S. 35: Royal Assent (c) Ss. 36-39: 1 Apr 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S134) (c)	--
Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988	6, 1988	9 Mar 1988	Ss. 67 and 68: Royal Assent (d)	--
Industrial Relations (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988	87, 1988	8 Nov 1988	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Mar 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1989, No. S53)	--
A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988	109, 1988	6 Dec 1988	S. 23, Schedule 5 (in part): 11 May 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S164) (e) Schedule 5 (in part): (e)	S. 23
as amended by
Australian Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994	92, 1994	29 June 1994	1 July 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S256)	--
Government Business Enterprises (Miscellaneous Reforms) Act 1988	123, 1988	14 Dec 1988	Part II (ss. 3-12): 26 Jan 1989 Part VI (ss. 26-31): 1 Jan 1989 (see Gazette 1988, No. S399) Part VII (ss. 32-37): 14 Nov 1988 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990	108, 1990	18 Dec 1990	Ss. 8, 13 and 21: 1 Feb 1991 (see s. 2(4) and Gazette 1991, No. S18) Ss. 22-24: 1 Mar 1989 S. 26: 1 Jan 1990 S. 33: 25 Mar 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S73) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1991	7, 1992	15 Jan 1992	Part 2 (ss. 3-27): 27 June 1992 (see Gazette 1992, No. S159) Part 5 (ss. 38, 39): 8 Apr 1992 (see Gazette 1992, No. S92) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992	215, 1992	24 Dec 1992	Part 1 (ss. 1, 2) and Part 3 (ss. 9, 10): Royal Assent Parts 9-11 (ss. 34-40): 18 Feb 1991 Remainder: 21 Jan 1993	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 2 (item 71): (f) Schedule 5 (items 76-78): Royal Assent (f)	--
Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996	60, 1996	25 Nov 1996	Schedule 19 (items 26, 27): Royal Assent (g)
Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997	96, 1997	30 June 1997	Schedule 4 (item 6): 1 Nov 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S562) (h)	--
Parliamentary Service (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	189, 1997	7 Dec 1997	5 Dec 1999 (see s. 2  and Gazette 1999, No. S584)	S. 2 (am. by 145, 1999, Sch. 1 [item 2])
as amended by
Parliamentary Service Act 1999	145, 1999	11 Nov 1999	(i)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 557-566): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (j)	--
Australian Federal Police Legislation Amendment Act 2000	9, 2000	7 Mar 2000	2 July 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S328)	Sch. 3 (items 20, 26, 34) [see Table A]
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001	10, 2001	22 Mar 2001	Schedule 2 (items 64, 65): 19 Apr 2001 (k)	--
Parliamentary Service Amendment Act 2005	39, 2005	1 Apr 2005	1 Apr 2005	--
Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Amendment Act 2006	122, 2006	4 Nov 2006	5 Nov 2006	--
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008	8, 2008	20 Mar 2008	Schedules 1-7: 28 Mar 2008 (see F2008L00959) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Law Officers Legislation Amendment Act 2008	40, 2008	24 June 2008	Schedule 1 (items 3-5): 25 June 2008	Sch. 1 (item 5) [see Table A]
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009	54, 2009	25 June 2009	Schedule 8 (items 98-100): (l)	--
Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment (Telstra) Act 2009	110, 2009	16 Nov 2009	Schedule 1 (items 1, 2): 23 Nov 2009	--
Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Act 2011	170, 2011	4 Dec 2011	Schedule 3 (item 4): 15 Feb 2012 (see F2012L00277)	--

(a)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by section 116 only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Parts III, X and XI and section 116 shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

(b)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by sections 142 and 143 only of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, subsections 2(1) and (4) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, subsections 29(1) and (3), sections 107 and 108, Parts III and IV and sections 125, 138, 142, 144 and 149 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

                 (4)   The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.

(c)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by sections 35-39 only of the Public Service and Statutory Authorities Amendment Act 1985, subsections 2(1) and (6) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5, subsection 30(8) and sections 31, 35, 40 and 43 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

                 (6)   Sections 14, 18, 21 and 22, subsections 30(1) to (7) (inclusive) and sections 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38 and 39 shall come into operation on a day, or on respective days, to be fixed by Proclamation.

(d)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by sections 67 and 68 only of the Australian Airlines (Conversion to Public Company) Act 1988, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 5 (in part) of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   The remaining provisions of this Act (including the amendments made by Schedule 5) commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

         Section 2 of the Australian Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Items in Schedule 5 to the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, that have not commenced under section 2 of the Principal Act commence immediately after the commencement of this Act.

                 (2)   This section has effect in spite of subsection 2(3) of the Principal Act.

         The Australian Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 came into operation on 1 July 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S256).

(f)      The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 71) and Schedule 5 (items 76-78) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

                 (2)   Each item in Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced (as the case requires) at the time specified in the note at the end of the item.

         Item 71 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of section 13 of the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992.

         Section 13 commenced on 21 January 1993.

(g)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 19 (items 26 and 27) only of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(h)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 6) only of the Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997, subsection 2(5) of which provides as follows:

                 (5)   The remaining items of Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. The day must not be earlier than the later of the day proclaimed for the purposes of subsection (2) and the day proclaimed for the purposes of subsection (3).

(i)      Section 2 of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 provides as follows:

                    2   This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the same day as the Public Service Act 1999, immediately after the commencement of that Act.

         The Public Service Act 1999 came into operation on 5 December 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584).

(j)      The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 557-566) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(k)     The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 64 and 65) only of the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of the Reserves and Modernisation) Act 2001, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the 28th day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(l)      Subsection 2(1) (item 24) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
24.  Schedule 8, items 1 to 130	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 4......................................	am. Nos. 52 and 155, 1979; No. 6, 1981; No. 166, 1985; Nos. 6 and 109, 1988; No. 215, 1992; No. 43, 1996; No. 189, 1997 (as am. by No. 145, 1999); No. 146, 1999
Ss. 6, 7................................	am. No. 166, 1985; No. 109, 1988
S. 8A...................................	ad. No. 7, 1992
S. 9......................................	rs. No. 215, 1992; No. 146, 1999
S. 9A...................................	ad. No. 215, 1992
	rep. No. 146, 1999
S. 9A................................... Renumbered s. 9B..........	ad. No. 6 1981 No. 43, 1996
S. 9B...................................	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 189, 1997 (as am. by No. 145, 1999); No. 39, 2005; No. 170, 2011
S. 10....................................	am. No. 9, 1978; No. 155, 1979; No. 6, 1981; No. 141, 1983; Nos. 109 and 123, 1988; No. 108, 1990; No. 43, 1996; No. 96, 1997; No. 9, 2000; No. 40, 2008
S. 11....................................	am. No. 6, 1981; No. 166, 1985; No. 109, 1988; No. 43, 1996
S. 12....................................	am. No. 61, 1981; No. 87, 1988; No. 215, 1992; Nos. 43 and 60, 1996; No. 146, 1999; No. 10, 2001; No. 54, 2009
Ss. 13, 14............................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 15....................................	am. No. 87, 1988; No. 60, 1996; SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 8, 2008; No. 54, 2009
Ss. 16-21............................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 22....................................	am. No. 63, 1984
Ss. 23, 24............................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 24A.................................	ad. No. 109, 1988
S. 25A.................................	ad. No. 122, 2006
	rep. No. 110, 2009
Schedule 1.........................	ad. No. 122, 2006
	rep. No. 110, 2009

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Australian Federal Police Legislation Amendment Act 2000 (No. 9, 2000)

Schedule 3

20  Definition

In this Part:

commencing time means the time when this Part commences.

26  Amendment of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

The amendment of section 10 of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 made by Schedule 2 to this Act does not affect the operation of that Act at, or at any time after, the commencing time in relation to the deeming of a member or staff member of the Australian Federal Police, at any time before the commencing time, to be employed in Government Service for the purposes of that Act.

34  Warrants or writs etc. may continue to be executed

If, immediately before the commencing time, any warrant, writ, order, permission or other instrument (the authority) issued under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory could be executed by a person who was at that time a member, staff member or special member of the Australian Federal Police, the authority continues to be able to be executed at and after the commencing time by the person in his or her capacity as:

                     (a)  the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or

                     (b)  a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or

                     (c)  an AFP employee; or

                     (d)  a special member of the Australian Federal Police;

(all within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 as in force at and after the commencing time).

Note:          A person who is a member or staff member of the Australian Federal Police immediately before the commencing time is taken to be engaged as an AFP employee. Similarly, a person who is a special member of the Australian Federal Police immediately before the commencing time is taken to be appointed as a special member. See item 2 of this Schedule.

Law Officers Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (No. 40, 2008)

Schedule 1

5  Application

The Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976, as amended by this Schedule, applies to a person in respect of any period (whether before or after the commencement of this item) during which the person holds office as the Solicitor-General if the person was appointed as Solicitor-General after 31 December 1997.