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LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT 1958 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Long Service Leave Act 1958 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Long Service Leave Act 1958

44 of 1958
(7 Eliz. II No. 44)

12 Dec 1958

24 Dec 1958 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Dec 1958 p. 3371)

Reprint of the Long Service Leave Act 1958 authorised 30 Jun 1963

Long Service Leave Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1964

37 of 1964
(13 Eliz. II No. 37)

12 Nov 1964

12 Nov 1964

Decimal Currency Act 1965

113 of 1965

21 Dec 1965

Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1));
s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))

Long Service Leave Act Amendment Act 1973

97 of 1973

27 Dec 1973

1 Mar 1974 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Mar 1974 p. 648)

Reprint of the Long Service Leave Act 1958 approved 11 Jul 1974 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment (Industrial Magistrate’s Courts) Act 1991 Pt. 4

44 of 1991

17 Dec 1991

3 Jan 1992 (see s. 2 and Gazette 3 Jan 1992 p. 41)

Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 1995 Pt. 8 5

79 of 1995

16 Jan 1996

16 Jan 1996 (see s. 3(1))

Labour Relations Reform Act 2002 s. 20

20 of 2002

8 Jul 2002

15 Sep 2002 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 6 Sep 2002 p. 4487)

Reprint 3: The Long Service Leave Act 1958 as at 16 May 2003 (includes amendments listed above)

Labour Relations Reform (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2003 r. 7 published in Gazette 15 Aug 2003 p. 3685-92

15 Sep 2003 (see r. 2)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Courts and Legal Practice) Act 2003 s. 50

65 of 2003

4 Dec 2003

1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5722)

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141

59 of 2004

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

Labour Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2006 Pt. 7 Div. 2 6

36 of 2006

4 Jul 2006

4 Jul 2006 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint 4: The Long Service Leave Act 1958 as at 1 Sep 2006 (includes amendments listed above)

Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 676

21 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)

Training Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2008 s. 54

44 of 2008

10 Dec 2003

10 Jun 2009 (see s. 2(2))

2 Repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 of the Commonwealth.

3 Repealed by the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

4 Repealed by the Industrial Relations (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.

5 The Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 1995 Pt. 8 Div. 2 are savings and transitional provisions that are of no further effect.

6 The Labour Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2006 Pt. 7 Div. 3 reads as follows:


Division 3 — Repeal of the LSL General Order

63. Meaning of terms used in this Division

In this Division —

Commission means The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission;

employer has the meaning given to that term in the Long Service Leave Act 1958 section 4;

industrial instrument means —

(a) an award under the Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992;

(b) an order under the Coal Industry Tribunal of Western Australia Act 1992 or an agreement that comes within section 12(4) or 17(1) of that Act;

(c) an award as defined in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 section 7(1);

(d) an industrial agreement as defined in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 section 7(1);

(e) an order of the Commission under the Industrial Relations Act 1979;

(f) an employer-employee agreement under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 Part VID; or

(g) any other agreement between a person and an employer, as such, that deals with long service leave;

LSL General Order means the General Order relating to long service leave made by the Commission on 27 January 1978 and published in the Western Australian Industrial Gazette on 22 February 1978 at page 120 and the Schedule attached to that order published in that Gazette on 25 January 1978 at pages 1 to 6.

64. LSL General Order repealed

The LSL General Order is repealed.

65. Transitional provision — references to the LSL General Order

(1) The object of this section is to ensure that where, before commencement, a person’s long service leave rights, entitlements or obligations arose under an industrial instrument by reference to the LSL General Order that person’s long service leave rights, entitlements or obligations arise, after commencement, under the instrument by reference to the Long Service Leave Act 1958.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears or the context otherwise requires, a reference in an industrial instrument to the LSL General Order, or a provision of that Order, is, after commencement, to be read as a reference to the Long Service Leave Act 1958, or the corresponding provision of that Act, (whichever is relevant) and the instrument is to be construed so as to give effect to the object of this section.

(3) Subsection (2) applies to references that, after commencement, have ongoing effect.

(4) A provision of the Long Service Leave Act 1958 corresponds to a provision of the LSL General Order if the provisions deal with substantially the same matter.

(5) In this section —

commencement means the coming into operation of the Labour Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2006 Part 7 Division 2.

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