TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION ACT 1975 - SECT 21

TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION ACT 1975 - SECT 21

21—Payment in lieu of long service leave

        (1)         Where a person ceases to be an officer after not less than seven years' effective service, the person is entitled to payment of the monetary equivalent of the officer's long service leave entitlement as at the date of cessation of service.

        (2)         Where an officer dies, the employing authority must ensure that there is paid to—

            (a)         the officer's personal representative; or

            (b)         such of the officer's dependants as the employing authority, with the approval of the Minister, considers appropriate,

the monetary equivalent of the officer's long service leave entitlement as at the date of death.

        (3)         In determining the monetary equivalent of a long service leave entitlement no allowance will be made for an increase in salary that may or would have been made if the officer's service had not ceased.

        (4)         The employing authority may apply any amount payable to or in respect of an officer under this section in satisfaction of a claim against the officer.