Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) (Amendment) Act 1988 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) (Amendment) Ordinance 1988

No. 22 of 1988

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 (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 6 May 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

GARY PUNCH

Minister of State for the Arts
and Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Ordinance 1981

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.1

Principal Ordinance

2.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Long Service Leave (Building and Construction Industry) Ordinance 1981.2

Constitution of the Board

3.  Section 8 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) all the words from and including “selected” to and including “Industry” (last occurring); and

(b)by omitting from paragraph (1) (c) all the words after “organisations”.

Acting members

4.  Section 9 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)by omitting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsection:

“(1)  The Minister may appoint a person to act as a member—

(a)during a vacancy in the office of a member, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or

(b)during any period, or during all periods, when a member is absent from duty or from the Territory or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of the office;

but a person appointed to act during a vacancy shall not continue so to act for more than 12 months.”; and

(b)by omitting subsection (6).

Substitution

5.  Section 13 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section substituted:

Meetings

“13.  (1)  The Chairman shall convene such meetings of the Board as the Chairman considers necessary for the performance of its functions.

“(2)  At a meeting of the Board, 2 members constitute a quorum.

“(3)  The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he or she is present.

“(4)  If the Chairman is not present at a meeting of the Board, the members present shall choose one of the 2 to preside at that meeting.

“(5)  Questions arising at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

“(6)  The person presiding at a meeting of the Board has a deliberative vote and, subject to subsection (7), has, in the event of an equality of votes, a casting vote.

“(7)  If only 2 members are present at a meeting of the Board and they differ on a question arising at the meeting, that question shall be deferred until the next meeting at which more than 2 members are present.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 May 1988.

2. No. 23, 1981 as amended by Nos. 12 and 56, 1984; No. 55, 1986; Nos. 16 and 74, 1987.