States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave) Regulations 1991 No. 163
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1991 No. 163
States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave) Regulations (Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industrial Relations)
Section 8 of the States Grants (Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leaves Act (the Act) provides that the Governor General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.
The Act has established a long service leave scheme for the coal mining industry. The scheme funds long service leave benefits on an industry-wide basis. The Commonwealth administers the fund as a third party to the scheme. The other parties are four of the States and the major coal mining industry employer and employee bodies.
The Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act (No.2) 1990 which commenced on 18 December 1990 inserted Section 7 into the Act to allow the Commonwealth to recover, from money paid into the fund, the costs incurred by the Commonwealth in administering that fund. The amounts to be recovered are to be prescribed in the regulations.
Paragraph 3(a) of the Regulations provides that an amount of $36,241, to cover the costs incurred by the Commonwealth in administering the scheme during the period from 18 December 1990 to 30 June 1991 is to be recovered by the Commonwealth. Paragraph 3(b) provides that the amount is to be payable no later than 30 days after the end of the 1990-1991 financial year.