South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where, on
application to the Board in a form approved by the Board, the Board is
satisfied that—
(a)
—
(i)
a construction worker has attained an effective service
entitlement of 1 820 days or more (but less than 2 600 days); or
(ii)
a construction worker has attained an effective service
entitlement of less than 1 820 days and has previously had an
effective service entitlement of 2 600 days or more; or
(iii)
a construction worker has attained an effective service
entitlement of 2 600 days but has not taken all of the long service leave
to which he or she is entitled; and
(b) the
construction worker has—
(i)
died; or
(iii)
ceased to work as a construction worker because of a
physical or mental disability that will prevent him or her from working as a
construction worker for a continuous period of 12 months or more; or
(iv)
ceased to work as a construction worker and will not be
working as a construction worker for a continuous period of 12 months or more
(from the time when he or she ceased to work as a construction worker),
the Board must pay to the person (or his or her personal representative) an
amount calculated as follows:
where—
"A" is the amount payable
"OWP" is the person's ordinary weekly pay applicable under this Act as
at—
— if the worker
has died—the day of death;
— in any other
case—the day on which the person ceased work as a construction worker
"D" is the effective service entitlement (expressed in days).
(2) If the Board
rejects an application under subsection (1), the Board must give the
applicant written notice of its decision (setting out a brief statement of
the Board's reasons for making its decision).