EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1987 NO. 17
LONG SERVICE LEAVE (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Issused with the authority of the Public Service Board
Section 26 of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 (the 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, Sub-section 7(2) of the Act provides that regulations may be made to enable previous employment of an employee in the service of a person, authority, institution or body (including a company), whether incorporated or not, that is referred to in the regulations, to be taken into account for the purposes of section 11 of the Act as if it had been employment in Government Service. Section 11 of the Act provides, inter alia, that for long service leave purposes, the period of service of an employee is the period during which the employee has been employed continuously in Government Service.
Schedule 2 of the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations has been amended to authorise the recognition, for long service leave purposes, of prior service with Telecom Australia (International) Limited (TAI).
TAI was established by the Australian Telecommunications Commission (Telecom) on 2 October 1986 as a company limited by shares under the Companies (Victoria) Code.
The company is wholly owned by Telecom which is a Commonwealth statutory authority. The Commonwealth has a direct interest in this company and therefore service with TAI is to be recognised for long service leave purposes.
S.R. 11/87