Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (4), in computing the period of service which entitles an employee to be granted long service leave or pay instead of that leave, the water corporation must take into account any prior period of service during which the employee was employed by any other water corporation or by any person or body in relation to which that other water corporation is the successor in law.
(2) If there is an interruption of more than 2 months between any periods of the employee's employment with any other water corporation or a person or body referred to in subregulation (1), any period of service before that interruption must be disregarded.
(3) Subject to subregulation (4), in computing the period of service which entitles an employee to be granted long service leave or pay instead of that leave, the water corporation must, to the extent provided for by any agreement entered into by the water corporation under regulation 30, take into account any of the following prior periods of service of the employee—
(a) with any local government authority under the law of the Commonwealth or of any State or Territory;
(b) in any office of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth or any State;
(c) with any State, Territory or Commonwealth Department or public authority;
(d) with a public entity within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 .
(4) The period of service of the employee with any other water corporation or any person or body in relation to which that other water corporation is the successor in law or with a person or body referred to in subregulation (3) must not be taken into account if—
(a) the employee was employed by that water corporation, person or body for a period of less than 3 years; and
(b) that employment ceased before the commencement of these Regulations.
(5) Subregulation (4) does not apply if the employment ceased because the employee—
(a) died; or
(b) retired because of age; or
(c) retired, or had their services terminated because of ill-health.