BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LONG SERVICE PAYMENTS ACT 1986 - As at 5 December 2023 - Act 19 of 1986 - NOTES
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LONG SERVICE PAYMENTS ACT 1986 - As at 5 December 2023 - Act 19 of 1986 - NOTES
Does not include amendments by--
Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2023 No 41 (not commenced)
Reprint history--
Reprint No 1 23 March 1989
Reprint No 2 7 August 1990
Reprint No 3 18 May 1993
Reprint No 4 7 September 1999
Reprint No 5 20 July 2010
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
(1) Reciprocating States and Territories under sec 3 (6)--Australian Capital Territory--Gazette No 167 of 30.10.1987, p 6047,Victoria--Gazette No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5915,Western Australia--Gazette No 167 of 14.12.1990, p 10988,South Australia--Gazette No 54 of 5.4.1991, p 2588,Queensland--Gazette No 76 of 3.6.1994, p 2669,Tasmania--Gazette No 15 of 4.2.2000, p 700,Northern Territory--Gazette No 75 of 9.6.2006, p 4245.
(2) Corresponding laws under sec 3 (6)--Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Ordinance 1981 of the Australian Capital Territory--Gazette No 167 of 30.10.1987, p 6047,Construction Industry Long Service Leave Act 1983 of Victoria--Gazette No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5915,Construction Industry Portable Paid Long Service Leave Act 1985 of Western Australia--Gazette No 167 of 14.12.1990, p 10988,Construction Industry Long Service Leave Act 1987 of South Australia--Gazette No 54 of 5.4.1991, p 2588,Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991 of Queensland--Gazette No 76 of 3.6.1994, p 2669,Construction Industry (Long Service) Act 1997 of Tasmania--Gazette No 15 of 4.2.2000, p 700,Construction Industry Long Service Leave and Benefits Act 2005 of the Northern Territory--Gazette No 75 of 9.6.2006, p 4245.Note: From April 2021, PCO is no longer updating notes in provisions of in force titles about related gazette notices. To search for related gazette notices, please use the Gazette Search functionality.
Table of amending instruments
Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 No 19. Assented to 2.5.1986. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.7.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 99 of 27.6.1986, p 2947. This Act has been amended as follows--| 1986 | No 149 | Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 17.12.1986. |
| 1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809. |
| 1989 | No 79 | Miscellaneous Acts (Industrial and Commercial
Training)
Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 2.6.1989. Date of commencement, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3819. |
| No 89 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1989. Assented to 13.6.1989. Date of commencement, except as provided by sec 2 (2)-(10), assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 132 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2)
Act
1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. Date of commencement of the amendment to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 in Sch 1, assent, sec 2. | |
| No 226 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
3)
1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986, 1.4.1990, sec 2 and GG No 44 of 30.3.1990, p 2579. | |
| 1991 | No 17 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986, assent, sec 2. |
| No 34 | Industrial Relations Act 1991. Assented to 11.11.1991. Date of commencement, 31.3.1992, sec 2 and GG No 40 of 27.3.1992, p 1978. | |
| 1992 | No 57 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1992. Assented to 8.10.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986, 1.7.1992, Sch 2. |
| No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 1995 | No 11 | Statute Law Revision (Local Government)
Act
1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279. |
| 1996 | No 24 | Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act
1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement, 12.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 12.7.1996, p 3984. |
| 1996 | No 121 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 4.8, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4). |
| 1998 | No 33 | Building and Construction
Industry
Long Service Payments Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 15.6.1998. Date of commencement of Schs 1 (Sch 1 [8[#93] and so much of Sch 1 [24[#93] as would insert sec 24 (5) excepted) and 3, 1.7.1998, sec 2 (1) and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4421; Sch 1 [8[#93] and so much of Sch 1 [24[#93] as would insert sec 24 (5) were not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Amendment Act 2010 No 15; date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2). Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998 No 54. Assented to 30.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 120 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
| 2001 | No 112 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 121 | Justices Legislation Repeal
and
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978. | |
| 2004 | No 55 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 2005 | No 43 | Environmental Planning and
Assessment
Amendment (Infrastructure and Other Planning Reform) Act
2005. Assented to 16.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 7.1, 1.8.2005, sec 2 and GG No 96 of 29.7.2005, p 4031. |
| No 64 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
| 2006 | No 2 | Public Sector Employment
Legislation
Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378. |
| 2007 | No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| No 32 | Industrial Relations Amendment (Jurisdiction of Industrial Relations Commission) Act 2009 (amended by Industrial Relations Further Amendment (Jurisdiction of Industrial Relations Commission) Act 2009 No 87). Assented to 9.6.2009. The Act was not commenced and was repealed by the Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016 No 48. | |
| No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. | |
| 2010 | No 15 | Building and Construction
Industry
Long Service Payments Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 18.5.2010. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (318) LW 1.7.2010. |
| No 123 | Long Service Corporation
Act
2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2. | |
| 2011 | No 2 | Miscellaneous Acts
Amendment
(Directors' Liability) Act 2011. Assented to 10.5.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| No 22 | Environmental Planning and
Assessment
Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Act 2011. Assented to 27.6.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.10.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (509) LW 28.9.2011. | |
| 2012 | No 97 | Miscellaneous Acts
Amendment
(Directors' Liability) Act 2012. Assented to 26.11.2012. Date of commencement, 11.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (629) LW 14.12.2012. |
| 2015 | No 15 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2015. Assented to 29.6.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.7.2015, sec 2 (3). |
| 2016 | No 48 | Industrial Relations
Amendment
(Industrial Court) Act 2016. Assented to 18.10.2016. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.12.2016, sec 2 (1) and 2016 (674) LW 15.11.2016. |
| 2017 | No 65 | Local Government Amendment
(Regional
Joint Organisations) Act 2017. Assented to 30.11.2017. Date of commencement, 15.12.2017, sec 2 and 2017 (730) LW 15.12.2017. |
| 2018 | No 25 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 5.2, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1). |
| No 65 | Fair Trading Legislation
Amendment
(Reform) Act 2018. Assented to 31.10.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 7.4, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| 2021 | No 23 | Better Regulation Legislation Amendment
(Miscellaneous) Act
2021. Assented to 1.11.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2(1). |
| 2022 | No 59 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022. Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2. |
| 2023 | No 7 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2023. Assented to 3.7.2023. Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2. |
Table of amendments
| Sec 3 | Am 1986 No 149, Sch 1; 1989 No 79, Sch 1; 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1992 No 57, Sch 2; 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [1[#93] [2[#93], 2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.3 [1[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2005 No 43, Sch 7.1; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.4; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [1[#93]; 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2011 No 22, Sch 2.3; 2017 No 65, Sch 2.3; 2018 No 25, Sch 5.2; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.5. |
| Part 2, Div 1 | Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 4 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [3[#93]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.5 [1[#93]. Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 5 | Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 6 | Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [3[#93]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.5 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 7 | Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1992 No 57, Sch 2; 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [4[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [4[#93]. Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 8 | Am 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [3[#93] [4[#93], 2 [3[#93]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3 [1[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [3[#93]; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.3; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Part 2, Div 3 | Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 10 | Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 11 | Rep 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 12 | Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 13 | Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1. Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 14 | Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 15 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [5[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 16 | Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [6[#93]. Am 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 16A | Ins 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [5[#93]. Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.2 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 17 | Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [6[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 18 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 19 | Am 1986 No 149, Sch 2 (1); 1989 No 132, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [9[#93]-[12[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [7[#93]-[9[#93]. |
| Sec 20 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [13[#93]-[17[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [10[#93]. |
| Sec 21 | Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [18[#93]-[21[#93]. |
| Sec 22 | Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [22[#93]. Am 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [11[#93]. |
| Sec 23 | Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [22[#93]. |
| Sec 24 | Am 1986 No 149, Sch 2 (2); 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [23[#93] [24[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [12[#93] [13[#93]. |
| Sec 25 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [25[#93] [26[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [14[#93]. |
| Sec 26 | Am 1986 No 149, Sch 2 (3); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [27[#93]. |
| Sec 27 | Am 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (1); 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [28[#93]. |
| Sec 28 | Subst 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (2). Am 1989 No 89, Sch 1; 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [29[#93]-[31[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [5[#93]-[7[#93]. |
| Sec 29 | Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [32[#93] [33[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [8[#93] [9[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [15[#93]. |
| Sec 30 | Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [34[#93]. |
| Sec 30A | Ins 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [35[#93]. |
| Sec 31 | Am 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (3). Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [35[#93]. |
| Sec 31A | Ins 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [35[#93]. |
| Sec 32 | Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [36[#93] [37[#93]; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.3 [2[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [10[#93]-[12[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [16[#93]-[18[#93]. |
| Sec 32A | Ins 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (4). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [13[#93] [14[#93]. |
| Sec 32B | Ins 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [19[#93]. |
| Sec 33 | Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1. |
| Sec 34 | Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [38[#93], 2 [6[#93], 3 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 37 | Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 3 [3[#93]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 38A | Ins 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [20[#93]. |
| Sec 39 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.2 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 40 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 3 [4[#93]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3 [3[#93] [4[#93]. |
| Sec 41 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
| Sec 42 | Am 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [39[#93] [40[#93], 3 [5[#93] [6[#93]; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.3 [3[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [21[#93] [22[#93]. |
| Secs 45, 47 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 49 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [41[#93]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3 [5[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [23[#93] [24[#93]. |
| Sec 50A | Ins 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [25[#93]. |
| Sec 54A | Ins 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [26[#93]. |
| Sec 55 | Subst 1986 No 149, Sch 4. Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [7[#93]. |
| Sec 56 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
| Sec 57 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [42[#93]. Subst 2018 No 65, Sch 7.4. |
| Sec 58 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [43[#93]-[47[#93]; 2021 No 23, Sch 1.3[1[#93]; 2023 No 7, Sch 3.3. |
| Secs 58AA, 58AB | Ins 2021 No 23, Sch 1.3[2[#93]. |
| Sec 58A | Ins 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [48[#93]. |
| Sec 59 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2021 No 23, Sch 1.3[3[#93]. |
| Secs 60, 62 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 63 | Am 2011 No 2, Sch 1.4 [1[#93] [2[#93]. Subst 2012 No 97, Sch 1.2 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 63A | Ins 2012 No 97, Sch 1.2 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 64 | Am 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.8 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [49[#93]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.27; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2016 No 48, Sch 2.4. |
| Sec 64A | Ins 2021 No 23, Sch 1.3[4[#93]. |
| Sec 65 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
| Sch 1 | Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [50[#93] [51[#93]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3 [6[#93]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [15[#93]; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.3; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [27[#93]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.5. |
| Sch 3 | Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [52[#93]-[54[#93] [55[#93] (am 1998 No 54, Sch 2.3) [56[#93], 2 [8[#93]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [28[#93] [29[#93]. |