Annual Holidays Act 1944 ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - Made under the Annual Holidays Act 1944 - As at 8 August 2000 - Reg 414 of 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Regulation 2. Commencement 3. Definition 4. Calculation of ordinary pay for payment of leave: bonuses 5. Notes ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - REG 1 Name of Regulation 1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Annual Holidays Regulation 2000. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - REG 2 Commencement 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 annual 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. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - REG 3 Definition 3 Definition In this Regulation: "the Act" means the Annual Holidays Act 1944. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - REG 4 Calculation of ordinary pay for payment of leave: bonuses 4 Calculation of ordinary pay for payment of leave: bonuses For the purposes of section 2 (6) of the Act, the prescribed annual amount of a worker’s ordinary pay is $120,000. Note: The Annual Holidays Act 1944 provides that bonuses paid to workers are to form part of the ordinary pay of a worker for the purposes of payment for annual leave. Section 2 (6) 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. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - REG 5 Notes 5 Notes The explanatory note and notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - NOTES His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Annual Holidays Act 1944. Minister for Industrial Relations ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - NOTES Explanatory note The object of this Regulation is to prescribe the annual amount of pay for the purposes of an amendment relating to bonuses made to the Annual Holidays Act 1944 by the Industrial Relations Leave Legislation Amendment (Bonuses) Act 2000. The Annual Holidays Act 1944 provides that bonuses paid to workers are to form part of the ordinary pay of a worker for the purposes of payment for annual leave. Section 2 (6) of that Act (inserted by the amending 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 Regulation prescribes the annual amount as $120,000. This Regulation relates to matters of a machinery nature. This Regulation is made under sections 2 (6) and 15 of the Annual Holidays Act 1944. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS REGULATION 2000 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: _____________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| Table of amending instrumentsAnnual Holidays Regulation 2000 published in Gazette No 101 of 4.8.2000, p 7172.