Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LONG SERVICE LEAVE (BUILDING AND (NO. 39 OF 1993) - SECT 18

18. Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by inserting in paragraph (2) (b) “subject to subsection (10),” before “the name”;

    (b)     by inserting in subsection (3) “(other than apprentices)” after “employees”;

    (c)     by adding at the end of paragraph (4) (b) “with which that employee is registered”;

    (d)     by omitting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsection:

“(6) If an employer fails to pay the prescribed amount in relation to a period—

        (a)     within the period specified in subsection (1); or

        (b)     within any further period allowed by the Registrar;

there is payable to the Board by the employer, in addition to the prescribed amount—

        (c)     interest on the unpaid amount at the rate of 2.5% of that amount; or

        (d)     $50;

for each month or part of a month during which the amount remains unpaid, whichever is the greater.”; and

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

“(10) In paragraph (2) (b)—

‘employee' does not include a person who, during the period to which the notice relates—

        (a)     was not a registered employee; and

        (b)     performed building and construction work for less than 5 consecutive days.”.