Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ANNUAL LEAVE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997 (NO. 67 OF 1997) - SECT 9

9. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from subsections (2) “prescribed” and substituting “authorised”;

    (b)     by omitting from subsection (2) “by instrument”;

    (c)     by omitting from subsections (3) and (4) “prescribed” and substituting “authorised”;

    (d)     by inserting at the foot of subsection (5) the following penalty provision:

“Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.”; and

    (e)     by adding at the end the following subsection:

“(6) Subsection (2) does not apply to an employee if his or her employer fails to give notice to the employee in accordance with subsection (5).”.