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Queensland
BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
(PORTABLE LONG SERVICE
LEAVE) AMENDMENT BILL
1998
Queensland
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY (PORTABLE LONG SERVICE
LEAVE) AMENDMENT BILL 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Insertion of new s 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3A Meaning of "eligible worker" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 9 (Authority's functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Insertion of new s 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
33 Funds for training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 40 (Date of registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Amendment of s 50 (Number of days' service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 52 (Limitations on service credits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 56 (Application for entitlement to long service leave) . . 8
13 Amendment of s 57 (Entitlement to long service leave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Amendment of s 59 (Amount of long service leave payment) . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 Amendment of s 60 (Long service leave payment not payable in
certain cases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Amendment of s 62 (Payments to employers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
17 Amendment of s 78 (Building and construction work for public
authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Amendment
18 Insertion of new div hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 1--Transitional provision for Building and Construction
Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Amendment Act 1994
19 Insertion of new div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 2--Transitional provisions for Building and Construction
Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Amendment Act 1998
117 Register of employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
118 Registered employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Act 1991
s1 4 s5
Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Building and Construction Industry 3
(Portable Long Service Leave) Amendment Act 1998. 4
5
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on 1 October 1998. 6
amended 7
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Building and Construction Industry (Portable 8
Long Service Leave) Act 1991. 9
of title 10
Amendment
Clause 4. Title, after `industry'-- 11
insert-- 12
`, and to allocate funds for training in the building and construction 13
industry'. 14
of s 3 (Definitions) 15
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 3, definitions "employee", "register of employees" and 16
"registered employee"-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Section 3-- 19
insert-- 20
` "eligible worker" see section 3A. 21
"employer" means a person who, by oral or written contract, engages an 22
eligible worker to perform building and construction work. 23
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Long Service Leave) Amendment
"non-Queensland government entity" means-- 1
(a) a corporation incorporated under the Corporations Law all the 2
stock or shares in the capital of which is or are beneficially owned 3
by the Commonwealth or another State; or 4
(b) an instrumentality, agency, authority or entity of the 5
Commonwealth or another State; or 6
(c) a department of government of the Commonwealth or another 7
State. 8
"register of workers" means the register of workers kept by the Authority 9
under this Act. 10
"registered worker" means a worker whose name is in the register of 11
workers. 12
"worker" means eligible worker.'. 13
(3) Section 3, definition "government entity", paragraph (a)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(a) a corporation incorporated under the Corporations Law all the 16
stock or shares in the capital of which is or are beneficially owned 17
by the State; or'. 18
of new s 3A 19
Insertion
Clause 6. After section 3-- 20
insert-- 21
of "eligible worker" 22
`Meaning
`3A.(1) A person is an "eligible worker" if the person is an individual 23
who, for the majority of the person's ordinary hours of work, performs or 24
usually performs building and construction work-- 25
(a) under a contract of employment for which a rate of pay is fixed 26
by a building and construction industry award or agreement; or 27
(b) under a subcontract to provide services of labour only that would, 28
if performed under a contract of employment, be work for which 29
a rate of pay is fixed by a building and construction industry 30
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Long Service Leave) Amendment
award or agreement; or 1
(c) under a contract of employment as a foreperson, subforeperson 2
or like position directly supervising a person mentioned in 3
paragraph (a) or (b). 4
`(2) However, a person is not an "eligible worker" if-- 5
(a) a regulation declares that the person is not an eligible worker; or 6
(b) the person is engaged under a contract of employment with-- 7
(i) a local government; or 8
(ii) a government entity; or 9
(iii) a non-Queensland government entity; or 10
(c) the person is engaged in a managerial, clerical, professional or 11
ancillary capacity.'. 12
of s 9 (Authority's functions) 13
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 9(1)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`9.(1) The Authority's primary functions are-- 16
(a) to provide an equitable and efficient system of portable long 17
service leave for eligible workers in the building and construction 18
industry; and 19
(b) to provide funds for training for persons in the building and 20
construction industry.'. 21
of new s 33 22
Insertion
Clause 8. After section 32-- 23
insert-- 24
for training 25
`Funds
`33.(1) Funds of the Authority are also to be allocated for the training of 26
persons in the building and construction industry. 27
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Long Service Leave) Amendment
`(2) The amount to be allocated for training is an amount equivalent to 1
0.05% of the cost of building and construction work used to calculate the 2
levy for each financial year, other than that part of the cost attributable to any 3
exemptions from the levy approved under sections 71, 78 and 79.1 4
`(3) The amount is to be paid by the Authority as a grant to a building 5
and construction industry training fund to be held in trust for the training by 6
an entity prescribed under a regulation. 7
`(4) The amount is to be paid to the entity in accordance with a 8
regulation.'. 9
of s 40 (Date of registration) 10
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 40(4)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(4) The Authority must not, in any case, fix a date earlier than-- 13
(a) if the applicant is a person mentioned in 14
section 3A(1)(a)2--1 July 1992; or 15
(b) if the applicant is a person mentioned in section 3A(1)(b) or 16
(c)--1 October 1998.'. 17
of s 50 (Number of days' service) 18
Amendment
Clause 10.(1) Section 50, `employed under a contract of employment'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`engaged'. 21
(2) Section 50(a) and (b), `employment'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`engagement'. 24
1 Sections 71 (Exemption from payment of levy), 78 (Building and construction
work for public authority) and 79 (Voluntary performance of building and
construction work)
2 Section 3A (Meaning of "eligible worker")
s 11 8 s 13
Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Amendment
(3) Section 50-- 1
insert-- 2
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the work is performed under a 3
contract for services other than a contract for labour only.'. 4
of s 52 (Limitations on service credits) 5
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 52(5) and (6)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(5) If payment for long service leave is made to a person because the 8
person makes an application under section 56(1) or a corresponding law 9
that corresponds to section 56(1), the person must not be credited in the 10
register of workers with any day's service for building and construction 11
work performed by the person during the period of long service leave. 12
`(6) If payment for long service leave is made to a person because the 13
person permanently stops, or intends to permanently stop, work in the 14
building and construction industry, the person must not be credited in the 15
register of workers with any day's service for building and construction 16
work performed by the person during the year immediately after the day the 17
person applies for payment.'. 18
of s 56 (Application for entitlement to long service leave) 19
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 56(1)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`56.(1) A registered worker who has 10 years service credited in the 22
register of workers may apply to the Authority in the approved form for 23
long service leave.'. 24
of s 57 (Entitlement to long service leave) 25
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 57(1)(a) to (d)-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
s 14 9 s 16
Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Amendment
`(a) if the registered worker has accrued 10 years service in the 1
register of workers--8.67 weeks; and 2
(b) after 10 years service, leave accruing for each additional day's 3
service recorded in the register at the rate that 8.67 weeks bears to 4
10 years.'. 5
of s 59 (Amount of long service leave payment) 6
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 59(1), definition "P", `on the day the employee starts long 7
service leave'-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 59(2), formula-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`LSLP = S x 0.867 x P.'. 12
220 13
of s 60 (Long service leave payment not payable in 14
Amendment
certain cases) 15
Clause 15. Section 60(1)-- 16
omit. 17
of s 62 (Payments to employers) 18
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 62(1), formula-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`EP = S x 0.867 x P.'. 21
220 22
(2) Section 62(2), definition "P", `on the day the employee starts long 23
service leave'-- 24
omit. 25
s 17 10 s 19
Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Amendment
(3) Section 62(2), definition "S", `employed under contract of 1
employment by the employer'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`engaged in the performance of building and construction work by the 4
employer, other than as a person mentioned in section 3A(1)(b).3'. 5
of s 78 (Building and construction work for public 6
Amendment
authority) 7
Clause 17.(1) Section 78(a)(iii)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(iii) a non-Queensland government entity; and'. 10
(2) Section 78(b), `other body'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`non-Queensland government entity'. 13
of new div hdg 14
Insertion
Clause 18. Part 11, before section 116-- 15
insert-- 16
`Division 1--Transitional provision for Building and Construction 17
Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Amendment Act 1994'. 18
of new div 2 19
Insertion
Clause 19. After section 116-- 20
insert-- 21
3 Section 3A (Meaning of "eligible worker")
s 19 11 s 19
Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Amendment
2--Transitional provisions for Building and Construction 1
`Division
Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Amendment Act 1998 2
of employees 3
`Register
`117. From the commencement of this section, a reference in a document 4
to the register of employees is taken, if the context permits, to be a reference 5
to the register of workers. 6
employees 7
`Registered
`118. A person who immediately before the commencement of this 8
section was a registered employee is taken to be a registered worker from 9
the commencement.'. 10
11
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Building and Construction Industry (Portable
Long Service Leave) Amendment
CHEDULE 1
¡S
INOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 3 3
1. Sections 9(2)(a) and 111 heading, `employee'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`worker'. 6
2. Section 13(d), part 6, division 1 heading, sections 37, 41(1), (3) to 7
(5), 43(1) and (4), 44(1)(a), 46, 49(1) and (2), 50, 51, 52(1) to (3), 53, 8
54(4), 56(2), 59(1), 60(2), 62(2), (4)(b) and (5), 71(2), 87(1)(b) and (e), 9
92(1) and (2) and 108(4)(b), `employees'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`workers'. 12
3. Sections 37(2)(b), 38(1), 40(1), 41, 50, 52(1), (2) and (3)(a), 53, 54, 13
59(1), (5), (6) and (9)(a), 60, 61(1), (3) and (4), 62(1)(b), (2), (5), (6)(b) 14
and (7), 63(1) and (2), `registered employee'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`registered worker'. 17
4. Sections 39(1)(a), 41(2), 47(1), 49(1), 51, 54(3), 58, 61(1) and (3)(a), 18
62(4)(b) and 64, `an employee'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`a worker'. 21
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Long Service Leave) Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
5. Sections 43(1) and (4), 44(1)(a), 46, 47(1), 49(2)(a) and 92(1), 1
`employs'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`engages'. 4
6. Sections 47(1)(a) and (b), 48(1)(b), (c) and (d), 49(2), 50(b), 51, 5
52(3), 54(2)(c) and (3), 58, 59(1), (6), (7), (8) and (9)(b), 60(1), 61(1) 6
and (3), 62(2), (6) to (8), 63(2), 64, `the employee'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`the worker'. 9
7. Sections 48(1)(b) and (c), 54(1) and 111, `employed'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`engaged'. 12
8. Sections 59(5), (6) and (8) and 63(2), `employee's'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`worker's'. 15
9. Section 58, heading, `Employees'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Workers'. 18
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© State of Queensland 1998
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