Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 119

    (1)     A water corporation may employ, on terms and conditions determined by the water corporation, such officers and employees as it considers necessary for the carrying out of its functions.

    (2)     An officer of a water corporation must not, without permission from the water corporation—

        (a)     engage in any business; or

        (b)     engage in the private practice of any profession or trade; or

        (c)     hold any office in any corporation, other than a municipal council; or

        (d)     engage in any employment other than that connected with the duties of office.

    (3)     An officer who has been employed by a water corporation for 10 years is entitled in accordance with the regulations to be granted by the water corporation 3 months' long service leave with pay in respect of that 10 years' service and 1½ months' long service leave with pay in respect of each additional 5 years of completed service.

    (4)     The Governor in Council may, in accordance with section 324, make regulations for or with respect to long service leave, including but not limited to the following—

        (a)     entitlements on retirement, death or termination of service;

        (b)     when long service leave may be taken;

        (c)     prohibiting an officer on long service leave from taking other employment for hire or reward;

        (d)     the nature of the service, and the computation of the period of the service, that entitles an officer to long service leave;

        (e)     the method of computing pay for long service leave;

        (f)     requiring water corporations to establish funds for the purpose of making payments in relation to long service leave;

        (g)     regulating the transfer of amounts from those funds;

        (h)     regulating agreements between water corporations;

              (i)     requiring the exchange of information between water corporations;

        (j)     regulating agreements between water corporations and other persons.

    (5)     Any person who, in accordance with the regulations, enters into an agreement about long service leave with a water corporation is empowered to enter into that agreement and may do anything necessary or convenient for giving effect to the agreement.

S. 120 substituted by No. 85/2006 s. 54.