EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1983 No 218
LONG SERVICE LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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.
The purpose of this amendment was to secure authority for recognition, for long service leave purposes, of prior service with the Australian Bicentennial Authority and the Australian Maritime College.
The Australian Bicentennial Authority is a wholly Commonwealth Government owned company (incorporated under the ACT Companies Ordinance 1962), established, funded and controlled by the Commonwealth and accountable to the Parliament through the Minister for Administrative Services.
The Australian Maritime College was established as a body corporate by the Federal Parliament in 1976. It is primarily funded by the Commonwealth and its accounts are audited by the Auditor-General. Other tertiary institutions such as the Australian National University and the Canberra College of Advanced Education have already been prescribed.
It is considered appropriate that service with the Australian Bicentennial Authority and the Australian Maritime College be recognised for the purposes of this Act.