Long Service Leave (Amendment) Act 1978 (ACT)

No. 20 of 1978

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Long Service Leave Ordinance 1976

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Adminis­ tration) Act 1910.

Dated this second day of August 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

LONG SERVICE LEAVE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1978

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Long Service Leave

of Amendment) Ordinance 1978.*

2. In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Long

Service Leave Ordinance 1976.f

3.   Section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) "on account of illness, incapacity or domestic or other pressing necessity ";

(b) by inserting " , subject to sub-section ( 2 ) , " after " t h e

f Ordinance No. 27, 1976.

employee is "; and

(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

" (2) Where the services of an employee referred to in sub-section (1) are, at any time during the relevant period, terminated by the employee, otherwise than on account of illness, incapacity or domestic or other pressing necessity, the employee is entitled to payment of an amount equal to 85 per cent of the amount to which the employee would, but for this sub-section, have been entitled.

" (3) In sub-section ( 2 ) , 'relevant period' means the

period commencing on the date of commencement of the

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 A u g u s t 1978.

Long Service Leave (Amendment) Ordinance 1978 and

ending on the expiration of 31 December 1978.".

4. Section 6 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of sub-section ( 1 ) —

" Penalty: $2,000."; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section ( 2 ) —

"Penalty: $2,000.".

5. Section 8 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at

the end of sub-section ( 1 ) —

"Penalty: $2,000.".

6.   Section 12 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of sub-section ( 1 ) —

"Penalty: $500.";

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section ( 2 ) —

" Penalty: $500."; and

(c) by adding at the end of sub-section ( 3 ) —

"Penalty: $500.".

7. Section 15 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.