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LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT 1955 - As at 5 December 2023 - Act 38 of 1955 - NOTES

Does not include amendments by--

Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2023 No 41 (not commenced)

Reprint history (since 1972)--

Reprint No 1   24 January 1974  
Reprint No 2   6 March 1978  
Reprint No 3   11 October 1982  
Reprint No 4   14 June 1984  
Reprint No 5   4 February 1987  
Reprint No 6   1 June 1992  
Reprint No 7   27 March 2001  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted
See also Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1963, sec 2 (2).

Table of amending instruments

Long Service Leave Act 1955 No 38. Assented to 5.11.1955. This Act has been amended as follows--

1963 No 13 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1963. Assented to 1.4.1963.
No 48 Long Service Leave (Metalliferous Mining Industry) Act 1963. Assented to 13.12.1963.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1964, sec 1 (3) and GG No 128 of 20.12.1963, p 3730.
1965 No 33 Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965.
Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1967 No 87 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1967. Assented to 18.12.1967.
1969 No 37 Apprentices Act 1969. Assented to 17.4.1969.
Date of commencement, except as otherwise provided, 1.7.1969, sec 2 (1) and GG No 73 of 27.6.1969, p 2364.
1976 No 54 Miscellaneous Acts (Inspectors) Amendment Act 1976. Assented to 27.10.1976.
No 79 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1976. Assented to 2.12.1976.
Date of commencement of sec 3, 1.2.1977, sec 2 (2) and GGs No 108 of 31.12.1976, p 5802 and No 8 of 28.1.1977, p 277.
1977 No 54 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1977. Assented to 24.6.1977.
1980 No 185 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1980. Assented to 17.12.1980.
1981 No 123 Miscellaneous Acts (Companies) Amendment Act 1981. Assented to 30.12.1981.
Date of commencement of Sch 8 (except as provided in sec 2 (6) (a)-(c)), 1.7.1982, sec 2 (6) and GG No 90 of 30.6.1982, p 2959.
1983 No 99 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1983. Assented to 9.11.1983.
1985 No 54 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1985. Assented to 9.5.1985.
1986 No 9 Long Service Leave (Industrial Arbitration) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 24.4.1986.
No 24 Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 2.5.1986.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 19.9.1986, sec 2 (3) and GG No 142 of 12.9.1986, p 4444; date of commencement of Sch 2, 9.5.1985, sec 2 (4).
1987 No 48 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
1990 No 113 Industrial Arbitration (Enterprise Agreements) Amendment Act 1990. Assented to 18.12.1990.
Date of commencement, 25.1.1991, sec 2 and GG No 18 of 25.1.1991, p 650.
1991 No 17 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Long Service Leave Act 1955, 5.7.1991, Sch 1 and GG No 103 of 5.7.1991, p 5395.
No 34 Industrial Relations Act 1991. Assented to 11.11.1991.
Date of commencement, 31.3.1992, sec 2 and GG No 40 of 27.3.1992, p 1978.
1992 No 34 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Long Service Leave Act 1955, assent, Sch 1.
No 112 Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1996 No 121 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.36, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).
1997 No 55 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, assent, sec 2 (2).
1998 No 33 Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 15.6.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.2, 1.7.1998, sec 2 (1) and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4421.
1999 No 85 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Schs 3 and 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2000 No 61 Industrial Relations Leave Legislation Amendment (Bonuses) Act 2000. Assented to 5.7.2000.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2001 No 26 Long Service Leave Legislation Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 27.6.2001.
Date of commencement, 1.8.2001, sec 2 and GG No 117 of 27.7.2001, p 5617.
No 34 Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.32, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
2005 No 98 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007 No 15 Industrial and Other Legislation Amendment (APEC Public Holiday) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Schs 2 and 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2009 No 32 Industrial Relations Amendment (Jurisdiction of Industrial Relations Commission) Act 2009 (amended by Industrial Relations Further Amendment (Jurisdiction of Industrial Relations Commission) Act 2009 No 87). Assented to 9.6.2009.
The Act was not commenced and was repealed by the Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016 No 48.
2010 No 35 Industrial Relations Amendment (Consequential Provisions) Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 122 Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave Scheme) Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2011, sec 2.
No 123 Long Service Corporation Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2.
2012 No 97 Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2012. Assented to 26.11.2012.
Date of commencement, 11.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (629) LW 14.12.2012.
2016 No 48 Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016. Assented to 18.10.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.12.2016, sec 2 (1) and 2016 (674) LW 15.11.2016.
2019 No 14 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2019. Assented to 21.11.2019.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, 14 days after assent, sec 2(1).
2020 No 2 Treasury Legislation Amendment (COVID-19) Act 2020. Assented to 25.3.2020.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 5 COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures--Miscellaneous) Act 2020. Assented to 14.5.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.20, assent, sec 2(1).
2021 No 5 COVID-19 Recovery Act 2021. Assented to 25.3.2021.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.17, assent, sec 2(1).
2022 No 5 COVID-19 and Other Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reforms) Act 2022. Assented to 24.3.2022.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.11[1[#93]-[4[#93] and [6[#93], assent, sec 2(1); date of commencement of Sch 1.11[5[#93], 20.5.2022, sec 2(3) and 2022 (207) LW 13.5.2022.
This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 22.9.1982 and published in GG No 129 of 24.9.1982, p 4501, declaring that the Long Service Leave Act 1955 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 apply.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965 and the Reprints Act 1972.

Long title Am 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (1).
Sec 3 Am 1963 No 13, sec 2 (1) (a); 1963 No 48, sec 16; 1969 No 37, Second Sch; 1977 No 54, Sch 1 (1); 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (2); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (1); 1990 No 113, Sch 2; 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2000 No 61, Sch 2.
Sec 4 Am 1963 No 13, sec 2 (1) (b); 1967 No 87, sec 2; 1969 No 37, Second Sch; 1976 No 79, sec 3; 1977 No 54, Sch 1 (2); 1981 No 123, Sch 8; 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (3); 1985 No 54, Schs 1 (1), 2 (2)-(8); 1986 No 24, Sch 2; 1990 No 113, Sch 2; 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 1997 No 55, Sch 2.9; 2001 No 26, Sch 1 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.32; 2010 No 35, Sch 2; 2010 No 122, Sch 3.4 [1[#93]; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.23 [1[#93]; 2019 No 14, Sch 2.14; 2022 No 5, Sch 1.11[1[#93]-[4[#93].
Sec 4A Ins 1998 No 33, Sch 4.2. Am 2010 No 123, Sch 2.2.
Secs 4B, 4C Ins 2010 No 122, Sch 3.4 [2[#93].
Sec 5 Am 1963 No 13, sec 2 (1) (c); 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (4); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (2) (4) (6) (9); 1986 No 24, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 113, Sch 2; 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [2[#93] [5[#93].
Sec 5A Ins 1986 No 24, Sch 1 (2). Am 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [5[#93].
Sec 6 Am 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (5); 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [6[#93]-[8[#93].
Sec 8 Am 1983 No 99, Sch 1 (1); 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.23 [2[#93]. Subst 2022 No 5, Sch 1.11[5[#93].
Sec 9 Am 1983 No 99, Sch 1 (2); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (10).
Sec 9A Ins 1976 No 54, sec 5. Am 1983 No 99, Sch 1 (3); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (8) (11).
Sec 10 Am 1980 No 185, sec 3 (a); 1983 No 99, Sch 1 (4); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (12); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.23 [3[#93].
Secs 10A, 10B Ins 2012 No 97, Sch 1.23 [4[#93].
Sec 11 Am 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (6); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (13); 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [9[#93]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.41; 2007 No 94, Sch 4.
Sec 12 Am 1980 No 185, sec 3 (b); 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (6) (7); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (14); 1986 No 9, sec 2; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [9[#93] [10[#93]; 2007 No 94, Sch 4; 2016 No 48, Sch 2.26 [1[#93].
Sec 13 Am 1963 No 13, sec 2 (1) (d); 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (8); 1985 No 54, Schs 1 (2), 2 (15); 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sec 14 Am 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (7); 1991 No 17, Sch 1. Subst 1991 No 34, Sch 3. Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.36 [2[#93] [10[#93]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2016 No 48, Sch 2.26 [2[#93].
Sec 15 Am 1983 No 99, Sch 2 (9); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 15A Ins 2020 No 2, Sch 1.1. Am 2021 No 5, Sch 1.17[1[#93]. Rep 2022 No 5, Sch 1.11[6[#93].
Sec 15B Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.20. Am 2021 No 5, Sch 1.17[2[#93]. Rep 2022 No 5, Sch 1.11[6[#93].
Sec 15C Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.20. Am 2021 No 5, Sch 1.17[3[#93].
Sec 16 Ins 1999 No 85, Sch 3.4.
Sch 1 Ins 1999 No 85, Sch 3.4. Am 2001 No 26, Sch 1 [4[#93]; 2007 No 15, Sch 3.


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