EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
LONG SERVICE LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
STATUTORY RULES 1982 NO 313
Issued with the Authority of the Public Service Board
Section 7 and section 11 of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976, read together, enable the regulations to provide that a period of employment in the service of a person, authority, institution or body (including a company) referred to in the regulations that is continuous with employment in Government Service shall be taken into account for long service leave purposes as if it had been employment in Government Service. Section 26 of that Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
This amendment secures authority for recognition, for long service leave purposes, of prior service with the Australian Institute of Sport.
The Australian Institute of Sport was established by the Commonwealth in 1980 as a company limited by guarantee under the A.C.T. Companies Ordinance 1962. The Institute is primarily funded by the Commonwealth and its accounts are audited by the Auditor-General. It is proposed that, because of the Commonwealth’s direct interest in this company, service with the Institute be recognised for long service leave purposes.