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Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 No 19
Current version for 11 January 2013 to date (accessed 20 May 2013 at 08:46).
32 (amended by Industrial Relations
Further Amendment (Jurisdiction of Industrial Relations Commission) Act
2009 No 87) (not commenced)
Division 1 4–7(Repealed)Division 2 Building and Construction Industry Long Service
8 Constitution of Committee
9 Functions of Committee
Division 3 10–14(Repealed)Part 3 Registration of workers and service credits
Division 1 Register of workers
15 Corporation to keep register of workers
Division 2 Registration of workers
16 Applications for registration
16A Employer to notify Corporation of employment of
18 Date of registration
19 Cancellation or suspension of registration
Division 3 Service credits
20 Contract of employment workers—certificates of
service to be supplied by employers
21 Subcontract workers—claims for service
22 Service credits for building and construction
23 Service credits in other cases
24 Limitations on and adjustments of service
25 Notice to registered workers of service credits
28 Entitlement to long service payments
29 Amount of long service payment
30 Long service payment not payable in certain
30A Long service leave
31 Benefits under other laws
31A Payment of alternative benefits to be notified
32 Payments to employers
32A Entitlement to long service benefit for service in a
reciprocating State or Territory
32B Deemed minimum and maximum rates of pay
34 Buildings in respect of which long service levy
35 Rate of long service levy
36 Date long service levy becomes payable
37 Person liable to pay long service levy
38 The Crown and contractors to the Crown
38A Crown contractors to give evidence of levy payment to
39 Offence for failure to pay long service levy
40 Determination of cost of erecting building for purposes of
41 Supplementary payment of long service levies
42 Refunds of long service levies
43 Payment of long service levies by instalments
44 Authorised agents for collection of long service
45 Certificate as to payment of long service
46 Interest on, and extension of time for payment of, long
47 Recovery of long service levies
48 Penalties no relief from long service levies
49 Appeal against refusal or cancellation of
50 Appeal against refusal of service credits
50A Appeal against limitation of long service payment by
operation of deemed minimum and maximum rates of pay
51 Appeal in relation to long service levy
52 Appeal in relation to payment of interest on long service
levies etc
53 Hearing and determination of appeals by 2 or more
54 Appeals—general provisions
54A Personal representative of deceased person may appeal on
person’s behalf
55 Arrangements with other States and Territories
56 Keeping of books and records
57 Service of notices or other documents
58 Power of entry and inspection
58A False statements
59 Disclosure of information
60 Authentication of certain documents by
61 Recovery of charges etc by Corporation
62 Protection from liability
63 Liability of directors etc for offences by
63A Liability of directors etc for offences by
64 Proceedings for offences
66 Repeals
An Act to make provision for long service payments to workers
engaged in the building and construction industry; to repeal the
Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Act
1974; and for other purposes.Part 1 Preliminary1 Name of ActThis Act may be cited as the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1986.2 Commencement(1) Sections 1 and 2 shall commence on the date of assent to this
otherwise indicates or requires:approved
means approved by the Corporation.authorised
agent means an agent of the Corporation appointed under section
44.award means a
State industrial instrument or a Commonwealth industrial
instrument.building and
construction industry means the industry of carrying out the
construction, reconstruction, renovation, alteration, demolition or
maintenance or repairs of or to any of the following:(a) buildings,
(b) swimming pools,
(c) fences,
(d) roadworks, railways, airfields or other works for the carriage of
persons, animals or vehicles,
(e) breakwaters, docks, jetties, piers, wharves or works for the
improvement or alteration of any harbour, river or watercourse for the purpose
(f) works for the storage or supply of water or for the irrigation of
(g) works for the conveyance, treatment or disposal of sewage or of
the effluent from any premises,
(h) bridges, viaducts, aqueducts or tunnels,
(i) chimney stacks, cooling towers, drilling rigs, gas holders or
(j) pipelines,
(k) structures, fixtures or works for use in or in conjunction with
any building or other works referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j)
(l) navigational lights, beacons or markers,
(m) works for the drainage of land,
(n) works for the storage of liquids, other than water, or of
(o) works for the transmission of electric power,
(p) works for the transmission of wireless or telegraphic
and includes pile driving and the preparation of the site for any
building or other works referred to in paragraphs (a) to (p)
inclusive.building and
construction work means work in the building and construction
industry performed in New South Wales, being:(a) work carried out under a contract of employment for which a rate
of pay is fixed by an award prescribed by the regulations,
(b) work:(i) carried out under a contract that is not a contract of employment,
(ii) that would, if it had been carried out under a contract of
employment, be work for which a rate of pay was fixed by an award prescribed
by the regulations, or
(c) the work of a person who, under a contract of employment:(i) directly supervises work of the kind referred to in paragraph (a)
or (b), or
(ii) is a clerk of works.
Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer within the
meaning of the Long Service Corporation Act
2010.Committee
means the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Committee
constituted by section 8.Commonwealth
industrial instrument means an award, workplace agreement or other
agreement made under (or taken to have been made, or to have effect, under) an
Act of the Commonwealth, being an award, workplace agreement or other
agreement prescribed (or of a class prescribed) by the regulations for the
purposes of this definition.Corporation means the Long
Service Corporation established under the Long Service Corporation Act
2010.corresponding
authority means the authority under a corresponding law that is for
the time being charged with the day to day administration of that
law.corresponding
law means a law declared by an order in force under subsection (6)
to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this Act.financial
year means a year commencing on 1 July.former Act
means the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1974.foundation
worker means a registered worker whose name was entered in the
register (within the meaning of the former Act) immediately before the
commencement of this Act as the name of a foundation worker.Fund means the
Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Fund established
under the Long Service Corporation Act
2010.long service
levy means a long service levy under Part 5, and includes an
additional amount of any such levy under section 41.long service
payment means a long service payment under Part 4.reciprocating State or
Territory means a State or Territory of the Commonwealth declared by
an order in force under subsection (6) to be a reciprocating State or
Territory for the purposes of this Act.register of
workers means the register of workers kept by the Corporation under
section 15.registered
worker means a person whose name is entered in the register of
workers.regulation means a regulation
made under this Act.standard
pay means:(a) except as provided by paragraph (b), the amount of ordinary pay
that is payable at the rate applicable for the classification “Carpenter
and/or Joiner” under the Building Tradesmen (State) Construction Award
published in the Industrial Gazette on 16 July 1975 in respect of work on 5
(b) the amount of pay prescribed by, or determined in accordance with,
worker means a worker who performs work otherwise than under a
contract of employment.worker means
any person who, under a contract, whether or not a contract of employment,
performs building and construction work, however remunerated, but does not
include a person of a class prescribed as exempt by the regulations or a
person who performs, or supervises the performance of, any such work under a
contract of employment:(a) with any body constituted by any Act of the Parliament of a State
or of the Commonwealth (other than the Royal Agricultural
Society Act 1911 or a prescribed Act), or
(b) with a council or a county council within the meaning of the
day means a day on which ordinary rates of pay are
payable.year’s
service means a year’s service within the meaning of
subsection (5).(2) For the purposes of this Act, work performed by a person outside
New South Wales shall be deemed to be building and construction work
if:(a) that work would, if it were performed in New South Wales, be
building and construction work, and
(b) an amount, in the nature of a long service levy, determined by the
Corporation has been paid to the Corporation in respect of that work or an
agreement has been entered into with the Corporation for the payment of that
(3) A reference within the Act to a development consent under the
1979 includes a reference to an approval under Part 3A or Part
5.1 of that Act.(4) In this Act:(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power,
(5) For the purposes of this Act, a worker shall be deemed to have a
year’s service for every 220 days’ service that is credited to the
worker in the register of workers kept under this Act or for every period of
service that is considered to be a year’s service under a corresponding
law.(6) Subject to subsection (7), the Governor may, by order published in
the Gazette:(a) declare a State or Territory of the Commonwealth in relation to
which an agreement entered into under section 55 (1) is in force to be a
reciprocating State or a reciprocating Territory as the case requires,
(b) declare a law of such a State or Territory to be a corresponding
law for the purposes of this Act.
note. For orders under this subsection see Historical notes at the end
of this Act.(7) A declaration shall not be made under subsection (6) (b) in
respect of the law of a State or Territory unless the Governor is satisfied
that the law provides for the payment of long service benefits to or in
respect of workers who are or have been engaged in the building and
construction industry in that State or Territory.(8) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this
Act.Part 2 AdministrationDivision 1 4–7(Repealed)Division 2 Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Committee8 Constitution of Committee(1) There is constituted by this Act the Building and Construction
Industry Long Service Payments Committee.(2) The Committee shall consist of 11 members, of whom:(a) one, who shall be the Chairperson of the Committee, shall be the
Chief Executive Officer or a person for the time being nominated by the Chief
(b) 3 shall be persons appointed by the Minister from a panel of 6
persons nominated by Unions NSW,
(c) 3 shall be persons appointed by the Minister from a panel of 6
persons nominated jointly by the Master Builders’ Association of New
South Wales and the Australian Federation of Employers and Industries,
(d) 4 shall be persons appointed by the Minister who have a knowledge
of, and experience in, the building and construction
(3) Where, for the purposes of subsection (2) (b) or (c), nominations
of persons to constitute a panel are not made within the time or in the manner
specified by the Minister in a written notice given to the body or
organisation entitled to make the nominations, the Minister may appoint a
person to be a member of the Committee instead of the person required to be
appointed from that panel and the person so appointed shall be deemed to have
been duly nominated.(4) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of
the Committee.(5) In any legal proceedings, proof is not required (until evidence is
given to the contrary) of:(a) the constitution of the Committee,
(b) any resolution of the Committee,
(6) In any other Act, in any instrument made under any Act or in any
other instrument of any kind, except in so far as the context or
subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires, a reference to the
“Building and Construction Industry Committee” shall be read as a
reference to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
Committee constituted by this section.9 Functions of Committee(1) The Committee shall have and may exercise the functions conferred
or imposed on it by Part 6 or by or under any other provision of this or any
other Act.(2) The Committee:(a) shall furnish to the Corporation advice and recommendations on
such matters relating to the administration of this Act as are referred to it
by the Corporation, and
(b) may make recommendations to the Corporation with respect
to:(i) the administration of this Act,
(ii) the publicising to workers, employers and others of matters
relating to the administration of this Act,
(iii) the investment of the Fund, and
(iv) the rate of any long service levy.
Division 3 10–14(Repealed)Part 3 Registration of workers and service creditsDivision 1 Register of workers15 Corporation to keep register of workers(1) The Corporation shall keep a register of workers in which it shall
cause to be entered:(a) the names of all persons who are registered under section
(b) the date on which each such person became a registered
(c) in respect of each such person, the number of days’ service
in the building and construction industry with which that person is credited
in accordance with Division 3, and
(d) such other information relating to workers, employers and other
persons as the Corporation deems necessary for the purpose of administering
(2) The Corporation may, for the purposes of entering in the register
of workers the particulars referred to in subsection (1) (c), rely on the
information contained in a certificate of service furnished under section 20
(1) or a claim for service credits furnished under section 21 (1) or on such
other information as the Corporation thinks fit.Division 2 Registration of workers16 Applications for registration(1) A person may at any time apply to the Corporation to be registered
as a worker.(2) (Repealed)(3) An application must be made in the approved
form.16A Employer to notify Corporation of employment of
workersAn employer who employs a worker under a contract of employment
must notify the Corporation of that employment within 7 days after the worker
commences to perform building and construction work in New South Wales under
that contract.Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.Note. An offence against this section committed by a corporation is an
63.17 Registration(1) The Corporation is to register every person who the Corporation is
satisfied is a worker.(2) The Corporation may register a person as a worker in response to
an application by the person for registration or on its own
initiative.18 Date of registration(1) The date on which a person becomes a registered worker is:(a) if the person applied to be registered as a worker—the date
on which application for the person’s registration was lodged with the
(b) if the Corporation registered the person on its own
initiative—the date of that registration.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Corporation may, on its own initiative
or at the request of a person who is registered as a worker, fix, in respect
of any person or class of persons, a date of registration that is earlier than
the date referred to in that subsection.(3) However, if a person who is registered as a worker has requested
an earlier date in accordance with subsection (2), the Corporation must not
fix a date that is earlier than 2 years before the request was made, unless
the Corporation is satisfied that special circumstances warrant its doing
so.(4) On the fixing of a date in accordance with subsection (2):(a) the person or class of persons for whom the date is fixed are
taken for all purposes to have been registered on and from that date,
(b) service credits to which the person or those persons are entitled
under this Act may be credited to the person or those persons in respect of
any subsequent dates.
19 Cancellation or suspension of registration(1) In this section, non-service day, in
respect of a registered worker, means a day in respect of which the worker did
not accumulate a service credit (not being a day prescribed by the regulations
as a day to be disregarded in calculations made under subsection (1A) or (1B)
in respect of the worker).(1A) The Corporation is to cancel the registration of a registered
worker who has not been credited with at least 5 years’ service in the
register of workers if non-service days amounting to 4 years have elapsed
since the last date in respect of which the worker was credited with service
under this Act or in a record of building and construction workers kept under
a corresponding law.(1B) The Corporation may suspend the registration of a registered
worker who has been credited with at least 5 years’ service in the
a corresponding law.(2) The Corporation may at any time cancel the registration of a
registered worker if it is satisfied that the person concerned is not a worker
and that the person’s application to become a registered worker should
have been refused.(2A) The Corporation is to cancel the registration of a worker:(a) on the making of any payment in accordance with section 28 (1)
(c), (d) or (e), or section 28 (2), in respect of the worker,
(b) at the request of the worker.
(3) The cancellation of the registration of a registered worker under
subsection (1A) or (2) takes effect:(a) on the expiration of the period of 42 days after the Corporation
notifies the registered worker of the cancellation, or
(b) if an appeal under Part 6 is lodged against the cancellation
within that period—on the date the appeal is withdrawn or the
(4) On the cancellation of the registration of a worker taking
effect:(a) the person ceases to be a registered worker,
(b) the person or the personal representative of the person is not
entitled to apply for or be paid any long service payment in respect of any
days’ service then credited to the person in the register of
(5) A person whose registration has been cancelled in accordance with
this section may (if eligible) subsequently be registered as a
worker.(6) The Corporation may:(a) restore a suspended registration at any time,
(b) restore a cancelled registration:(i) at any time within 6 years after the date of cancellation, if the
Corporation is satisfied that special circumstances exist warranting
reinstatement, or
(ii) at any time, if required to do so in accordance with an agreement
in force under section 55.
(7) Restoration under subsection (6) (b) (i) of a cancelled
registration may be taken by the Corporation to be effective from any date
within 6 years after the date of cancellation.(8) While the registration of a worker is suspended:(a) the worker is not to be credited in the register of workers with
any service under this Act (being service during the period of suspension),
(b) the Corporation is not required to serve any notice under section
25 (1) on the worker, and
(c) subject to section 30:(i) the worker is entitled to apply for and be paid any long service
payment in respect of any days’ service then credited to the worker in
the register of workers, and
(ii) if the worker has died (whether before or after the worker’s
registration was suspended)—the personal representative of the worker is
entitled to apply for and be paid any long service payment in respect of any
days’ service then credited to the worker in the register of workers,
but only if the application is made within 2 years after the date of
suspension or the date of the worker’s death (whichever is the
(9) If a suspended registration is restored under subsection (6) (a),
any days’ service under this Act that are credited to the worker as at
the date of the suspension are to be restored.Division 3 Service credits20 Contract of employment workers—certificates of
service to be supplied by employers(1) An employer who employs, under a contract of employment, a worker
shall:(a) within 1 month after 30 June in each year, furnish to the
Corporation a certificate of service in respect of the worker for the year
immediately preceding that 30 June,
(b) within 7 days (or such other time as may be prescribed by the
regulations) after the worker ceases to be so employed, furnish to the
Corporation a certificate of service in respect of the worker for the period
commencing on 1 July immediately preceding that cessation of employment and
ending on that cessation of employment, and
(c) within such time as is specified by the Corporation in a notice
served on the employer, furnish to the Corporation a certificate of service in
respect of the worker for the period specified in the
units.(2) The Corporation may, in any particular case, extend the period
within which an employer is required to furnish a certificate of service under
subsection (1), but any such extension shall not exceed 2
months.(3) A certificate of service under subsection (1) shall:(a) be in an approved written, electronic or other
(b) state whether the worker was employed by the employer during the
whole of the period to which the certificate relates or, if so employed during
a part only of that period, the period during which the worker was so
(c) contain such particulars as are requested in the form in respect
of the time spent in the performance of building and construction
(d) contain such particulars of building and construction work
performed by the worker outside New South Wales as are requested in the
(e) contain such other particulars as are required by the Corporation,
(f) be completed in accordance with any directions given by the
(4) A certificate of service under subsection (1) must be verified in
such manner as the Corporation may require.(5) An employer is not required to furnish a certificate of service in
respect of a worker or any class of workers if:(a) the employer applies to the Corporation for an exemption from that
(b) the employer satisfies the Corporation that contributions are made
to a like scheme relating to the payment of long service payments to the
worker or that class of workers, as the case may be, in a Territory of the
Commonwealth or in a State other than New South Wales, and
(c) the Corporation has, by notice in writing to the employer, granted
the exemption and has not, by such a notice, revoked the
credits(1) A registered worker may furnish to the Corporation a claim for
service credits in respect of building and construction work performed by the
registered worker under a contract other than a contract of
employment.(2) A claim for service credits under subsection (1) may be
furnished:(a) within 12 months after 30 June in any year, in respect of building
and construction work performed by the registered worker in the year
(b) within 12 months after the registered worker permanently ceases
work in the building and construction industry, in respect of building and
construction work performed by the registered worker in the period commencing
on 1 July immediately preceding that cessation of work and ending on that
cessation of work, or
(c) at such other times as the Corporation may approve in any
particular case, in respect of building and construction work performed by the
registered worker in the period specified by the Corporation in that
(3) The Corporation may, in any particular case or class of cases,
extend the period within which a registered worker may furnish a claim for
service credits under subsection (1).(4) A claim for service credits under subsection (1) shall:(a) be in an approved written, electronic or other
(b) specify the amount of the assessable income (within the meaning of
of the Commonwealth) derived by the registered worker from the building and
construction work to which the claim relates,
(c) specify the amount of the prescribed costs incurred by the
registered worker in deriving the assessable income referred to in paragraph
performed by the registered worker outside New South Wales as are requested in
(5) A claim for service credits under subsection (1) must be verified
in such manner as the Corporation may require.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the
manner of determining the assessable income and the prescribed costs referred
to in subsection (4) (b) and (c).(7) A claim for service credits may be furnished by a registered
worker under subsection (1) for the purpose of obtaining service credits in
accordance with section 23 notwithstanding that the registered worker did not
perform building and construction work in the period to which the claim
relates.22 Service credits for building and construction
work(1) A registered worker who was employed on a full-time basis under a
contract of employment in the performance of building and construction work
for the whole of a financial year is entitled to be credited in the register
of workers with 220 days’ service.(2) A registered worker who was so employed for a period consisting of
part of a financial year only is entitled to be credited in the register of
workers with a number of days’ service equal to two-thirds of the number
of days in that period.(3) A registered worker:(a) who was employed on a part-time basis under a contract of
employment in the performance of building and construction work,
(b) who was employed in the performance of building and construction
work and other work,
during the whole or any part of a financial year is entitled to be
credited in the register of workers with a number of days’ service
equivalent to the number of full days (as calculated by the Corporation) of
employment in building and construction work.(3A) For the purposes of subsection (3), when calculating the number of
days’ service equivalent to the number of full days of employment in
building and construction work, the Corporation is to:(a) count any day on which the registered worker performed building
and construction work for more than half the worker’s ordinary work day
as a full day of employment in building and construction work,
(b) disregard any day on which the registered worker performed work
(other than building and construction work) for more than half the
worker’s ordinary work day.
(4) A registered worker who was a subcontract worker performing
building and construction work and who lodges a claim for service credits
under section 21 is entitled to be credited in the register of workers
with:(a) 220 days’ service, if the worker’s annual income was
not less than the minimum annual income, or
(b) a number of days’ service that bears to 220 the same
proportion as the worker’s annual income bears to the minimum annual
income, in any other case.
(5) In this section:income
of a subcontract worker means the amount of assessable income specified,
pursuant to section 21 (4) (b), in the subcontract worker’s claim under
section 21 less the amount of the prescribed costs specified, pursuant to
section 21 (4) (c), in the claim.minimum annual
income of a subcontract worker means an amount equal to 52-times
standard pay, calculated as at 1 January last preceding the end of the period
to which the worker’s claim under section 21
relates.(6) This section has effect subject to section
24.23 Service credits in other cases(1) A registered worker who:(a) performed building and construction work under a contract (whether
or not a contract of employment) that was terminated (whether by the worker or
the employer), and
(b) has not, since the termination of that contract, performed paid
work of any kind, and
(c) in the financial year in which the contract was terminated, or in
any of the 3 subsequent financial years, suffered an illness or injury that is
certified in writing by a medical practitioner to be of such a nature as to
render the registered worker reasonably unable to perform building and
construction work (whether or not any such work was available for the
registered worker and whether or not the illness or injury existed before the
registered worker last performed any such work),
is entitled to be credited in the register of workers with a number of
days’ service determined by the Corporation to be equivalent to the
number of full days during which the worker was certified as being unable to
perform building and construction work.(2) A registered worker who:(a) performed building and construction work under a contract (whether
(c) has, since the termination of that contract, in any financial year
undertaken a training course recognised by the Corporation as being relevant
to the building and construction industry in order to enhance the registered
worker’s prospects of being employed in the
number of full days spent undertaking the course while unemployed during that
year.(3) A registered worker who in any financial year performs voluntary
work in the nature of building and construction work in New South Wales as a
result of an emergency declared or otherwise recognised under the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act
1989 or under any similar Act of the State or of the
Commonwealth, is entitled to be credited in the register of workers with a
number of days’ service determined by the Corporation to be equivalent
to the number of full days spent performing that voluntary work during that
year.(4) A registered worker who in any financial year performs light duty
work assigned to the worker in accordance with the Workers Compensation Act 1987, while
partially incapacitated for work as a result of an injury (as defined in that
Act) sustained while performing building and construction work is entitled to
be credited in the register of workers with a number of days’ service
determined by the Corporation to be equivalent to the number of full days
spent performing that light duty work during that
year.(5) Subsection (4) does not apply in respect of light duty work
performed during a financial year that commenced more than 3 years after the
date of the relevant injury.(6) A registered worker who in any financial year performed unpaid
work in the nature of building and construction work on a residential building
(being a building constructed or acquired by the worker solely for the purpose
of subsequent sale by the worker) is entitled to be credited in the register
of workers with a number of days’ service determined by the Corporation
to be equivalent to the number of full days spent performing that unpaid work
while unemployed during that year.(7) Without limiting the power of the Corporation to determine a
number of days’ service to be equivalent, for the purposes of an
entitlement under this section, to a number of full days in a period during
which such an entitlement arises, the Corporation may, in the case of any such
period that is greater than one week, determine that two-thirds of the number
of days in the period is the proper service
equivalent.(8) Entitlements under this section must be claimed by the registered
worker concerned, who must make out the claim to the satisfaction of the
Corporation.(9) This section has effect subject to section
24.24 Limitations on and adjustments of service
credits(1) A person shall not be credited in the register of workers with any
day’s service in the building and construction industry unless that day
was on or after the date, shown in that register, on which the person became a
registered worker.(2) A registered worker shall not be credited in the register of
workers with more than 220 days’ service in the building and
construction industry in respect of any financial
year.(2A) Where:(a) in respect of any financial year a registered worker would, but
for this subsection, be entitled to be credited in the register of workers
kept under this Act with a period of service and to be credited in a record of
building and construction workers’ service kept under a corresponding
law with another period of service, and
(b) those periods of service together amount to more than 220
the period of service with which the worker may be credited in the
register of workers kept under this Act shall be adjusted as
prescribed.(2B) The adjustment referred to in subsection (2A) shall be
made:(a) on the making of an application under this Act or under a
corresponding law for a long service payment to be made or a long service
benefit to be paid in respect of a period of service that includes either or
both of the periods of service referred to in that subsection,
(b) at such other times as the Corporation may
(3) Where:(a) a long service payment is made to a person as a result of an
application made under section 28 (1) by virtue of the person’s having
fulfilled the requirements specified in section 28 (1) (c) or (d),
(b) a long service benefit is paid to a person as a result of an
application made under a provision of a corresponding law that corresponds to
section 28 (1) by virtue of the person’s having fulfilled requirements
similar to those so specified,
the person shall not be credited in the register of workers with any
day’s service in respect of building and construction work performed by
that person during that period of 12 months immediately following the date of
that application.(4) Section 32, however, applies to each day’s service referred
to in subsection (3) as though it had been credited to the
worker.(6) A service credit that, calculated in accordance with section 22 or
23, results in a number of days consisting of a whole number plus a fraction
is to be adjusted to the next succeeding whole
number.25 Notice to registered workers of service credits(1) The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after 31 July in
each year, serve on each person who on 30 June in that year was a registered
worker a notice:(a) specifying the number of days’ service in the building and
construction industry, as shown in the register of workers, with which that
registered worker has, in accordance with this Division, been credited in
respect of the year ended on that 30 June, and
(b) specifying the total number of days’ service in the building
and construction industry with which that registered worker has, in accordance
with this Division, been credited.
(2) Any person on whom a notice is served under subsection (1) may,
within 6 months after the service of the notice, lodge with the Corporation an
objection against the accuracy of the notice in relation to the number of days
specified in the notice pursuant to subsection (1)
(a).(3) The Corporation shall determine an objection lodged pursuant to
subsection (2) and the determination of the Corporation shall, subject to any
determination made by the Committee in an appeal under Part 6, be final and
conclusive.(4) Where no objection is lodged pursuant to subsection (2) in
relation to a notice or any objection so lodged is determined under subsection
(3), the Corporation shall not consider any other objection relating to the
accuracy of the notice unless:(a) the objection is lodged with the Corporation within 2 years after
the date of the work, activity or circumstance to which the objection relates,
(b) the Corporation considers that special circumstances warrant its
(5) Nothing in this section requires the Corporation to serve notice
on a person who the Corporation has reason to believe is no longer to be found
at the address last entered in the register of workers as the person’s
place of residence or business and for whom no other address for service
(including any destination for electronic transmission) is known to the
Corporation.(6) Without limiting the generality of subsection (5), notice is not
required to be served on a person for whom no more current address is known if
the last 2 notices sent by the Corporation by post to the address last entered
in the register of workers as the person’s place of residence or
business have been returned to the sender.(7) Despite subsection (1), the Corporation is not required to serve a
notice on a person:(a) whose registration has been cancelled (whether before or after the
30 June to which the notice relates), or
(b) whose registration, in the opinion of the Corporation, is likely
to be cancelled before the following 30 June.
(8) However, if the Corporation has, by reason of subsection (7) (b),
not served a notice on a person and by that following 30 June the
person’s registration has not been cancelled, the Corporation must, as
soon as possible, ensure that the relevant notice is served on the
person.26 (Repealed)Part 4 Long service payments27 Definition(1) In this Part:prescribed retiring
age means:(a) except as provided by paragraph (b)—the age of 55 years,
(b) in respect of any registered worker belonging to a class or
description of registered workers specified in a regulation made for the
purpose of this definition—such age, being an age under 55 years, as may
be specified in the regulation as the prescribed retiring
(2) (Repealed)28 Entitlement to long service payments(1) A person who is a registered worker having service credits in the
register of workers may apply to the Corporation in the approved form for a
long service payment if:(a) the person has completed 10 years’ service as a
(c) the person has completed 5 years’ service as a worker and
satisfies the Corporation that he or she has permanently ceased to perform
building and construction work,
(d) the person has completed 55 days’ service as a worker and,
having attained the prescribed retiring age, satisfies the Corporation that he
or she has permanently ceased to perform building and construction
(e) the person has completed 55 days’ service as a worker and a
registered medical practitioner has certified the person to be totally and
permanently incapacitated for building and construction
(f) the person has completed 5 years’ service as a worker since
the person:(i) first became entitled to apply for a long service payment by
virtue of paragraph (a), or
(ii) would have become so entitled but for the operation of any
provision of section 31,
whether or not any such payment was made, or
(g) the person has completed 5 years’ service as a worker since
the person:(i) last became entitled to apply for a long service payment under
paragraph (f), or under any previous application of this paragraph,
whether or not any such payment was made.
(2) The personal representative of a person who died having service
credits in the register of workers may apply to the Corporation in the
approved form for a long service payment if:(a) the person was, immediately before death, entitled to apply for a
long service payment by virtue of subsection (1) (a), (f) or
(b) the person had, immediately before the date of death, completed 10
or more years’ service as a worker, or
(c) the person had, immediately before that date, completed at least
55 days’ service as a worker but was not a worker referred to in
(3) A payment made by the Corporation in respect of an application
appropriate).(4) In this section:(a) a reference to service as a worker is a reference to service as a
worker in New South Wales or to service as a worker partly in New South Wales
and partly in one or more reciprocating States or Territories,
(b) a reference to a period of service, in relation to a person, does
not include a period of service in respect of which the person has previously
received a long service payment by virtue of subsection (1) (c), (d) or (e) or
a corresponding provision of the former Act or has previously received a long
service benefit by virtue of a corresponding provision of a corresponding
(5) In this section, personal
representative, in relation to a payment in respect of a person who
has died, means:(a) in the case of a person who died wholly or partially
29 Amount of long service payment(1) As soon as practicable after an application is made to the
Corporation under section 28 (1) or (2), the Corporation shall, subject to
subsection (2) and section 30, pay to the applicant a long service payment
calculated in accordance with the following formula:(2) Where a long service payment payable under subsection (1) is
payable in respect of a registered worker who is or, immediately before the
registered worker’s death, was a foundation worker, that long service
payment is the first such payment payable in respect of that registered worker
(whether under this Act or the former Act) and the application for the payment
was made under:(a) section 28 (1) (a), (f) or (g) or (2) (a) or (b), the payment
under subsection (1) shall be increased by an amount calculated in accordance
(b) section 28 (1) (c) or (2) (c), the payment under subsection
(1):(i) shall be increased by an amount calculated in accordance with the
(ii) where the registered worker has more than 5 years’ service
credits in the register of workers—shall be further increased in
(c) section 28 (1) (d) or (1) (e), the payment under subsection (1)
shall be increased by an amount calculated in accordance with the following
(3) For the purposes of the formulae in subsections (1) and
(2):LSP represents
the amount of the long service payment,I represents the
amount of the increase or the further increase, as the case may
be,S represents the
number of days’ service with which the registered worker in respect of
whom the application is made is credited in the register of workers at the
date the application is lodged with the Corporation or, if the worker so
requests, at a date after which an entitlement under section 28 (1) first
arose,P represents, at
the date applicable in S:(a) in the case of a registered worker who, in the opinion of the
(i) of the definition of building
and construction work in section 3—payable under an award
fixing a rate of pay for work that is equivalent, or substantially equivalent,
to the type of work carried out by workers under the supervision of the
registered worker, calculated as at that date in respect of work on 5 working
days during those hours in which ordinary pay is payable,
(ii) of the definition of building
to the type of work carried out by workers for whom the registered worker has
responsibility in his or her capacity as a clerk of works, calculated as at
that date in respect of work on 5 working days during those hours in which
ordinary pay is payable, or
(b) in any other case—an amount that is determined by the
Corporation as the appropriate amount of ordinary pay at that date in respect
of work on 5 working days during hours in which ordinary pay is payable and
that is calculated by reference to either of the following rates:(i) the rate of ordinary pay that is, in the opinion of the
Corporation, payable under an award for work that is equivalent (or
substantially equivalent) to the type of work carried out by the registered
worker, or
(ii) another rate of ordinary pay that is, in the opinion of the
Corporation, appropriate to the type of work carried out by the registered
(4) A reference in subsection (3) in the matter relating to P to the
relevant period before any date is a reference to the last period of 55
working days before the date during which the registered worker performed
building and construction work.(5) A reference in subsection (3) in the matter relating to P to the
hours in which ordinary pay is payable is a reference to a maximum of 38 hours
per week or such other period as is prescribed by the
regulations.30 Long service payment not payable in certain
cases(1) The Corporation shall not pay to an applicant referred to in
section 28 (1) (c) or (d) a long service payment unless the Corporation is
satisfied that the applicant has permanently ceased work in the building and
construction industry.(2) A registered worker is not entitled to apply for or to be paid a
long service payment in respect of any day’s service credited to the
registered worker in the register of workers if a long service payment under
this Act or the former Act or a payment under section 32 of this Act or under
section 19D of the former Act has been made in respect of that
day.(3) A registered worker is not entitled to any benefits under section
29 (2) if a payment under section 32 of this Act or under section 19D of the
former Act has been made to an employer in respect of that registered
worker.30A Long service leave(1) While leave from employment is not an entitlement under this Act,
nothing in this Act precludes a registered worker and his or her employer from
entering into an agreement by which the worker is afforded a period of unpaid
leave.(2) A period of any such unpaid leave may be calculated by reference
to the provisions of the Long Service Leave
Act 1955 or in such other manner as may be
agreed.(3) Leave taken in accordance with this section is taken, for the
purposes of section 4 (11) (a1) (i) of the Long Service Leave Act 1955, to
constitute an absence of the worker under the terms of the worker’s
employment.31 Benefits under other laws(1) A payment to which a person becomes entitled under this Act or the
former Act in respect of any period of service in the building and
construction industry is to be reduced, in accordance with this section, in
consequence of any benefit (including any long service leave taken in advance)
due to and taken by the person under an approved long service leave scheme
calculated in respect of the same period (in this section referred to as an
benefit).(2) A person is not entitled to a payment based on service credits
accrued in a period of service in respect of which the person has taken an
alternative benefit, except as provided by this
section.(3) A person who, as a consequence of the bankruptcy or liquidation of
his or her employer, has taken an alternative benefit in respect of a period
of service and who makes application in accordance with subsection (4) is
entitled to a payment from the Corporation equal to the difference, if any, by
which the alternative benefit taken falls short of the payment (calculated in
respect of the same period of service) to which the person would have been
entitled under this Act if the person had not taken the alternative
benefit.(4) An application for the purposes of subsection (3) must be made to
the Corporation within 3 months after the alternative benefit was taken or
within such further time as may be allowed by the
regulations.(5) Subsection (2) does not affect the value of any service credit for
the purposes of calculating a payment to which a person is entitled under this
Act for service in the building and construction industry in a period
subsequent to a period in respect of which the person has taken an alternative
benefit.(6) A registered worker, or the personal representative of a
registered worker, who is paid any long service payment under this Act or the
former Act is not, in respect of any period by reference to which that payment
was calculated, entitled to any benefits under an approved long service leave
scheme.(7) In this section, approved long
service leave scheme means:(a) the provisions of the Long
Service Leave Act 1955 or of a law of a reciprocating State or
Territory that, in the opinion of the Corporation, corresponds to that Act,
(b) a scheme in respect of which an exemption has been granted under
section 5 (2) (a) of that Act or under a provision of a law of a reciprocating
State or Territory that, in the opinion of the Corporation, corresponds to
31A Payment of alternative benefits to be notifiedAn employer who intends to pay any alternative benefit referred to
in section 31 (1) to or in respect of an employee employed (or who was
employed) by the employer in building and construction work must notify the
Corporation of that intention before making the payment.Maximum penalty: 20 penalty
units.32 Payments to employers(1) Where:(a) a person is provided with any alternative benefits referred to in
section 31 (1) in respect of any period of service in the building and
construction industry, and
(b) that person:(i) was, when those benefits were provided, a registered worker,
(ii) is the personal representative of a person who, when the person
died, was a registered worker,
the Corporation shall, upon application therefor made in writing within
12 months after those benefits were provided or within such longer period (not
exceeding 2 years) as the Corporation may in any particular case allow, pay to
the employer who provided those benefits an amount calculated in accordance
with the following formula:where:EP represents the
amount to be paid to that employer,S represents the
number of days’ service with which the worker was credited in the
register of workers in respect of a period during which the worker was
employed under a contract of employment by the employer, and for which the
alternative benefits were provided, increased by 275 where that period
commenced on the appointed day within the meaning of the former
Act,P represents, at
the date the application is lodged with the Corporation:(a) in the case of a registered worker who, in the opinion of the
(2) A reference in subsection (1) in the matter relating to P to the
working days before that date during which the registered worker performed
building and construction work.(2A) A reference in subsection (1) in the matter relating to P to the
regulations.(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employer is not entitled to be
paid under this section:(a) a greater amount in respect of a person than the value of the
alternative benefits, referred to in section 31 (1), provided by the employer
in respect of that person, calculated by reference to the same period as the
payment under this section is calculated, and
(b) an amount in respect of any day’s service with which a
worker has been credited in the register of workers if a long service payment
or a payment under this section or section 19D of the former Act has been made
in respect of that day.
(3A) Despite subsection (3), for the purposes of the formula in
subsection (1), S is not to
include the number of any days’ service with which the worker was
credited in the register of workers that was notified to the Corporation in a
certificate under section 20 that was furnished more than 2 years after the
time required by that section. This subsection does not have effect until 1
July 2011.(4) Despite section 19, an employer is entitled to be paid, in respect
of a registered worker whose registration has been cancelled under section 19,
any amount that the employer would have been entitled to be paid under this
section if that registration had not been so
cancelled.32A Entitlement to long service benefit for service in a
reciprocating State or Territory(1) A person who is a registered worker may apply to the Corporation
in the approved form for the payment by the Corporation of a long service
benefit calculated in accordance with the provisions of the corresponding law
of a reciprocating State or Territory if:(a) the person:(i) has completed a period of service as a worker in that State or
Territory or partly in that State or Territory and partly in New South Wales,
(ii) by virtue of having completed that service, is entitled under a
provision of that corresponding law to a long service benefit payable in or
reducible to cash, and
(b) the person would, if all of that service had been performed in New
South Wales, have been entitled to apply for a long service payment by virtue
of section 28 (1).
(2) The personal representative of a deceased registered worker who,
immediately before death, was entitled to apply for the payment of a long
service benefit under subsection (1) may apply to the Corporation in the
approved form for that payment to be made.(3) A person who, in or in support of an application made under
subsection (1) or (2), makes a statement that is, to that person’s
knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an
offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty
units.(4) As soon as practicable after receiving an application made under
subsection (1) or (2), the Corporation shall, on being satisfied that the
applicant is entitled under the relevant corresponding law to the payment of a
long service benefit and on being authorised by the corresponding authority to
make that payment, pay to the applicant the amount of that benefit calculated
in accordance with that law.(4A) A payment made by the Corporation in respect of an application
appropriate).(5) An application for the payment of an amount under this section may
be included in an application for a long service payment under section 28 if
the periods of service to which that payment relates are consecutive and not
interrupted by an interval exceeding that prescribed for the purposes of this
subsection.(6) Where the Corporation makes a payment under this section, the
Corporation must, as soon as practicable after making that payment, take all
appropriate steps to secure the reimbursement of the amount of that payment by
the corresponding authority of the reciprocating State or Territory
concerned.(7) Where under a provision of a corresponding law that corresponds to
this section the corresponding authority pays to a person an amount that, but
for the payment, would have been payable as a long service payment under this
Act:(a) the obligation of the Corporation to make that long service
payment to that person is discharged, and
(b) the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after being notified
of the payment and if satisfied that the payment was properly made, reimburse
the corresponding authority accordingly.
(8) The payment of an amount by the Corporation under subsection (7)
shall be made in accordance with such terms and conditions (if any) as are
specified in the agreement entered into under section 55 (1) with respect to
the State or Territory in which the relevant corresponding authority is
established.(9) In this section, personal
representative, in relation to a payment in respect of a deceased
registered worker, means:(a) in the case of a person who died wholly or partially
32B Deemed minimum and maximum rates of pay(1) Despite sections 29 and 32, the regulations may make provision for
the determination of minimum and maximum amounts for P for the purposes of the
formulae in those sections.(2) The Minister is to consult with the Committee before recommending
the making of a regulation under this section.(3) The Committee is to advise and make recommendations to the
Minister on the operation of, and any amendment to or repeal of, any
regulation made under this section.(4) If an amount of a long service payment to a worker under section
29 or a payment to an employer under section 32 is, because of the operation
of a regulation made under this section, less than the amount it would have
been in the absence of the regulation, the Corporation is to notify the worker
or employer in writing of that fact and give an explanation of the operation
of the regulation.Part 5 Long service levies33 Definitions(1) In this Part, except in so far as the context or subject-matter
otherwise indicates or requires:building
has the same meaning as it has in the Local
Government Act 1993, and includes any structure or work
referred to in paragraphs (a)–(j) and (l)–(p) of the definition of
and construction industry in section 3 (1).erection,
in relation to a building, has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act
1993.(2) The Corporation may, for the purposes of this Part, determine the
date on which work on the erection of a building commences and the date on
which work on the erection of a building is
completed.34 Buildings in respect of which long service levy
payable(1) A long service levy is payable in respect of the erection of every
building, except as provided by this section.(2) A long service levy is not payable:(a) (Repealed)
(b) in respect of the erection of a building if a long service levy
has already been paid in respect of the erection of that building or of other
buildings of which that building forms part, or
(c) in the circumstances and to the extent prescribed by the
(3) (Repealed)35 Rate of long service levyA long service levy payable in respect of the erection of a
building is an amount calculated at such rate as may be prescribed of the cost
of erecting the building, but not exceeding the rate of 0.6 per cent of that
cost.36 Date long service levy becomes payableA long service levy in respect of the erection of a building is
due and payable before work is commenced on the erection of the
building.37 Person liable to pay long service levy(1) A long service levy in respect of the erection of a building is
payable by:(a) in a case where development consent, a construction certificate or
a complying development certificate is required to be obtained under the
1979 for the erection of the building:(i) if development consent is granted and a construction certificate
is not required to be obtained—the person to whom the development
consent is granted, or
(ii) if a construction certificate is required to be obtained—the
person to whom the construction certificate is issued, or
(iii) if a complying development certificate is issued—the person
to whom the complying development certificate is issued,
(b) in any other case—the person for whom the building is being
(2) Where one of 2 or more persons liable to pay a long service levy
in respect of the erection of a building pays that levy, the other of those
persons shall not be liable to pay that levy.38 The Crown and contractors to the Crown(1) In this section, Crown includes a statutory body
representing the Crown.(2) Notwithstanding section 37, where:(a) a long service levy is payable in respect of the erection of a
(b) the building is being erected for the Crown,
(c) a person has entered into a contract with the Crown to erect the
building (not being a contract to execute part of the work of erecting the
building),
the person is liable to pay that levy.(3) Notwithstanding section 37, where:(a) a long service levy is payable in respect of the erection of a
(c) there is no person liable to pay that levy under subsection (2),
(d) persons have entered into contracts with the Crown to execute
parts of the work of erecting the building,
each such person is liable to pay that levy, but in the application of
the provisions of this Part to any such person a reference to the erection of
the building shall be construed as a reference to the execution of the work
under the contract entered into by that person.(4) Nothing in this Part shall be construed as requiring the Crown to
pay a long service levy.38A Crown contractors to give evidence of levy payment to
Crown(1) If a person or body representing the Crown (a Crown
instrumentality) has entered into a contract with a person who is
liable under section 38 to pay a long service levy in respect of the erection
of a building or part of the work of erecting a building, it is the duty of
the Crown instrumentality to withhold any instruction to, or permission,
approval or authorisation for, the person to commence work under the contract,
unless the person has produced to the Crown instrumentality evidence that the
long service levy due in respect of the work concerned has been paid by the
person (such as a receipt from the Corporation).(2) It is the duty of the Crown instrumentality to keep a copy of any
such evidence for at least 6 years after it was
produced.39 Offence for failure to pay long service levyA person who is liable to pay a long service levy in respect of
the erection of a building shall:(a) pay to the Corporation the amount of that levy, or of each
instalment of that levy under section 43, before the due date for its payment,
(b) lodge with that payment a notice in the approved form relating to
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.Note. An offence against this section committed by a corporation is an
63.40 Determination of cost of erecting building for purposes of
this Part(1) For the purposes of this Part, the cost of erecting a building
is:(a) the cost as determined by:(i) the consent authority granting the development consent referred to
in section 37 (1) (a) (if a construction certificate is not required to be
obtained), or
(ii) the certifying authority issuing the construction certificate
referred to in section 37 (1) (a) (if a construction certificate is required
to be obtained), or
(iii) the certifying authority issuing the complying development
certificate referred to in section 37 (1) (a) (if a complying development
certificate is issued), or
(b) where no such determination is made—the contract price or,
if there is no contract price, the cost as determined by the
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if the Corporation is satisfied
that the determination of a consent authority or certifying authority of the
cost of erecting a building, or the contract price for erecting a building, is
not a genuine and accurate estimate of the cost of erecting the building, that
cost may be determined by the Corporation.41 Supplementary payment of long service levies(1) In this section a reference to a person liable to pay a long
service levy is a reference to:(a) a person who has paid that levy or was liable to pay that levy
when it was first due for payment as referred to in sections 37 and 38,
(b) subject to section 38, any other person for whom the building has
been or is being erected.
(2) A person liable to pay a long service levy in respect of the
erection of a building shall, if so required by the Corporation by notice in
writing, furnish to the Corporation such information as is specified in the
notice in relation to the actual cost of erecting the building.Maximum penalty: 20 penalty
units.(3) Where, from such information as satisfies the Corporation, it
appears to the Corporation that:(a) any building in respect of which a long service levy is payable is
wholly or partly completed,
(b) the cost of erecting the building as then determined by the
Corporation exceeds the cost of erecting the building as last determined by
(c) the amount of that excess is not less than the prescribed amount
referred to in subsection (6),
the Corporation may, by notice in writing served on a person liable to
pay the long service levy, require that person to pay to the Corporation,
within such time as is specified in the notice, an additional amount of the
long service levy so specified, being the amount calculated at the rate
prescribed by section 35 on the amount of that
excess.(4) A person on whom a notice is served under subsection (3) shall
comply with the notice.Maximum penalty: 20 penalty
units.(5) A notice under this section may be served on more than one
occasion in respect of the erection of the same
building.(6) For the purposes of subsection (3) (c), the prescribed amount
is:(a) except as provided by paragraph (b)—$10,000,
(b) such other amount as may be prescribed by the
42 Refunds of long service levies(1) A person who has paid a long service levy in respect of the
erection of a building, upon application in an approved form, is entitled to a
refund of the amount of that long service levy if:(a) in the case of a building that may not be erected on the land
concerned except with development consent under Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act
1979, or the erection of which is complying development within
the meaning of that Act—the building has not been erected and no
development consent or complying development certificate enabling the erection
of the building remains in force, or
(b) in any case—the building has not been erected and the
Corporation is satisfied that the building is no longer to be
(1A) Regulations made for the purposes of section 34 (2) (c) may
provide for a refund of the whole or part of a long service levy that had been
paid in respect of a building, or by or on behalf of a person, exempted from
payment of the levy.(2) Where, from such information as satisfies the Corporation, it
appears to the Corporation that:(a) the building in respect of which a long service levy has been paid
is wholly or partly completed,
Corporation is less than the cost of erecting the building as last determined
(c) the amount of the difference in that cost exceeds the prescribed
amount referred to in subsection (5),
the Corporation shall, upon application in an approved form, refund to
the person who paid the long service levy the amount calculated at the rate
difference.(3) An application for a refund under this section may be made on more
than 1 occasion in respect of the erection of the same
building.(4) An application for a refund under this section (other than a
refund under subsection (6)) must be made:(a) within 12 months after the completion or cessation of building
work on the erection of the building, or
(b) in a case where such building work never commenced:(i) not later than 3 months after the expiry of any development
consent or complying development certificate that enables the erection of the
(ii) if no such consent or certificate was required or given, within 3
years after payment of the levy,
unless the Corporation considers that special circumstances warrant
acceptance of the application after that time.(5) For the purposes of subsection (2) (c), the prescribed amount
(6) On application made in accordance with subsection (7), a person
who has paid a long service levy:(a) is entitled to a refund of the amount of the levy:(i) if it was paid in error, or
(ii) to the extent that regulations referred to in subsection (1A) so
(b) is entitled to a refund of the overpayment if the levy was
overpaid in error.
(7) An application referred to in subsection (6) must be made in an
approved form within 12 months (or such other period as may be prescribed by
the regulations) after the payment concerned was made, or within such further
time as the Corporation may in a particular case
allow.(8) Despite any other provision of this section, the Corporation may
pay a refund to a person other than the person who paid the long service levy
if, in the Corporation’s opinion, it is in the interests of justice to
do so.(9) A payment of a refund under subsection (8) satisfies any liability
of the Corporation to pay a refund to the person who paid the long service
levy concerned.43 Payment of long service levies by instalments(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Part, the person
liable to pay a long service levy in respect of the erection of a building may
pay that levy by instalments in accordance with this section if the
Corporation is satisfied that the cost of erecting the building exceeds the
prescribed amount referred to in subsection (6) and that:(a) the time reasonably required to erect the building exceeds 1 year,
(b) the obligation of the person to pay the long service levy in a
lump sum is unduly onerous.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1):(a) each instalment of a long service levy in respect of the erection
of a building shall be of such amount as may be determined by the Corporation
and notified to the person liable to pay that long service levy,
(b) the first instalment is due and payable before work is commenced
on the erection of the building and the subsequent instalments are due and
payable at such times before the completion of work on the erection of the
building as may be so determined and notified.
(3) Where a person pays a long service levy by instalments, any
instalments of that long service levy which are not due and payable:(a) shall not be recoverable by the Corporation,
(b) shall not bear interest under section
(4) Where a person fails to pay any instalment of a long service levy
on or before the due date for payment of that instalment:(a) the total amount of the instalments unpaid on that date shall
become due and payable to, and recoverable by, the Corporation,
(b) section 46 shall apply in respect of the unpaid balance of the
long service levy,
as if that person were not paying the long service levy by instalments in
accordance with this section.(5) The Corporation may accept the payment of an instalment of a long
service levy which is made after the due date for its payment and, for the
purposes of this section, any such instalment shall, if the Corporation so
directs, be deemed to have been paid on the due date for its
payment.(6) For the purposes of subsection (1), the prescribed amount
is:(a) except as provided by paragraph (b)—$100,000,
levies(1) The Corporation may enter into an agreement or arrangement for or
with respect to the appointment of a person as its agent for the collection of
long service levies.(2) Any such agreement or arrangement may provide for the payment out
of the Fund of remuneration for the authorised
agent.45 Certificate as to payment of long service
leviesA certificate purporting to be signed by the Chief Executive
Officer or a person holding, or acting in, a prescribed office or position and
certifying:(a) that, on a date specified in the certificate, an amount of long
service levy, so specified, in respect of the erection of a building so
specified, was paid to the Corporation or an authorised agent of the
(b) that, during a period so specified, an amount of long service levy
in respect of the erection of a building so specified, was not so paid,
(c) that no amount of long service levy was payable in respect of the
erection of a building so specified,
is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is evidence of the
matters stated therein.46 Interest on, and extension of time for payment of, long
service levies(1) Any amount due in respect of a long service levy and not paid
before the due date for its payment shall bear interest at the rate prescribed
by subsection (4).(2) Any such interest shall, except for the purpose of calculating the
amount of interest payable under subsection (1), be deemed to form part of the
unpaid long service levy and may be recovered as an amount due in respect of a
long service levy.(3) The Corporation may, where it considers that special circumstances
warrant its doing so in any particular case, direct:(a) that the due date for payment of any long service levy be varied
to such later date as may be specified in the direction,
(b) that the amount of any interest payable under subsection (1) be
waived or be reduced by such amount as may be specified in the
and the direction shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Act, have effect according to its tenor.(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the prescribed rate is:(a) except as provided by paragraph (b)—2 per cent per calendar
month, or part of a calendar month, or
(b) such other rate as is prescribed by the
47 Recovery of long service levies(1) A long service levy shall be deemed when it becomes due and
payable to be a debt due to Her Majesty and payable to the
Corporation.(2) Any long service levy unpaid may be sued for and recovered in any
court of competent jurisdiction by the Corporation or on behalf of the
Corporation by any person appointed by it to act on its
behalf.(3) Where, from such information as satisfies the Corporation, it
appears to the Corporation:(a) that a building is being, or has been,
(b) that a person is liable to pay a long service levy to the
Corporation in respect of the erection of the building,
(c) that the long service levy has not been fully
the Corporation may estimate and make an assessment of the amount of the
long service levy that in its opinion is due by that person in respect of the
erection of the building.(4) The Corporation shall cause notice of any such assessment to be
served on the person to whom the assessment
relates.(5) In any proceedings before a court for the recovery of a debt
referred to in subsection (1), a certificate purporting to be signed by the
Chief Executive Officer or a prescribed officer certifying that an assessment
has been made under this section on a person specified in the assessment as
the person by whom the amount assessed is due and specifying the amount
assessed shall be admissible in evidence and be evidence that the person so
specified is indebted to the Corporation for the amount
assessed.48 Penalties no relief from long service leviesPayment of penalties under this Act shall not relieve any person
from liability to pay any long service levy to which the person would
otherwise be liable.Part 6 Appeals to Committee49 Appeal against refusal or cancellation of
registration(1) A person may appeal to the Committee against a decision of the
Corporation:(a) to refuse an application for registration as a worker,
(b) to cancel the person’s registration (otherwise than as
authorised by section 19 (2A)) as a worker.
(2) If the Corporation fails to give, within 3 months after receipt by
the Corporation of an application by a person to become a registered worker, a
decision with respect thereto, the Corporation shall, for the purposes of
subsection (1) (a), be deemed to have refused the
application.(3) The Committee may, in determining an appeal under subsection (1)
(a), confirm the refusal or, if satisfied that the person is a worker,
register the person as a worker.(4) The Committee may, in determining an appeal under subsection (1)
(b), confirm the cancellation or:(a) in the case of a cancellation under section 19 (1A)—quash
the decision of the Corporation if satisfied that the registered worker was
entitled under this Act to be credited with service in the register of workers
during the period of 4 years immediately preceding the cancellation,
(b) in the case of a cancellation under section 19 (2)—quash the
decision of the Corporation if satisfied that the person concerned is a worker
and that the person’s application to become a registered worker was
approved in accordance with this Act.
50 Appeal against refusal of service credits(1) A person may appeal to the Committee against a decision of the
Corporation to refuse to accept in whole or in part or to consider an
objection made by a registered worker under section
25.(2) The Committee may, in determining an appeal under subsection (1),
confirm the refusal or quash the decision of the Corporation and determine the
objection made by the registered worker in accordance with this
Act.50A Appeal against limitation of long service payment by
operation of deemed minimum and maximum rates of pay(1) A person who has received a notification under section 32B and is
dissatisfied with the calculation of the long service payment may appeal to
the Committee.(2) The Committee, in determining the appeal, may confirm the
calculation of the long service payment or set it aside and make a new
calculation in substitution for that calculation.51 Appeal in relation to long service levy(1) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Corporation in
connection with an assessment under section 47:(a) as to the cost of erecting a building in respect of which a long
service levy is payable, or
(b) as to the date on which work on the erection of such a building
may appeal to the Committee for a review of the
matter.(2) The Committee may, in determining an appeal under subsection (1)
confirm the decision of the Corporation or quash the decision of the
Corporation and determine the cost of erecting the building or, as the case
may require, the date on which work on the erection of the building
commenced.52 Appeal in relation to payment of interest on long service
levies etc(1) A person who is aggrieved by a direction given by the Corporation
under section 46, or by the refusal of the Corporation to give such a
direction, may appeal to the Committee for a review of the
matter.(2) Without affecting the generality of section 54, notice of appeal
under subsection (1) shall:(a) specify why the decision of the Corporation with respect to the
direction or the refusal to give the direction is unreasonable, having regard
to the circumstances notified to the Corporation at the time the decision was
(b) be accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying the
particulars set out in the application.
(3) Where a person requests the Corporation to give a direction and
the Corporation fails to make a decision on the matter within 3 months after
the request was made, the Corporation shall, for the purposes of subsection
(1), be deemed to have refused to give the
direction.(4) The Committee may, in determining an appeal under subsection
(1):(a) confirm the decision of the Corporation with respect to the
direction or the refusal to give the direction, or
(b) if it considers that the decision of the Corporation with respect
to the direction or the refusal to give the direction is unreasonable having
regard to the circumstances notified to the Corporation at the time the
decision was made—give such directions to the Corporation with respect
to the matter as the Committee considers
members(1) Where the Committee in any particular case or class of cases so
determines, an appeal under this Part may be heard or may be heard and
determined by 2 or more members of the Committee appointed by the Committee
for the purpose.(2) Where an appeal is heard but not determined by 2 or more members
of the Committee pursuant to subsection (1), the determination of the appeal
shall be made by the Committee at a meeting at which a quorum is
present.(3) Where an appeal is heard and determined by 2 or more members of
the Committee pursuant to subsection (1), the determination of the appeal
shall be deemed to have been made by the Committee.54 Appeals—general provisions(1) An appeal under this Part shall be made:(a) except as provided by paragraph (b)—within 21 days after the
appellant is notified of the decision appealed against, or
(b) within such other time as may be prescribed in respect of the
(2) The manner of making and the procedure for hearing and determining
an appeal under this Part shall, subject to any regulation relating thereto,
be as determined by the Committee.(3) The Committee may at any time refer the matter the subject of an
appeal under this Part to the Corporation for
reconsideration.(4) The determination of the Committee in respect of an appeal under
this Part shall be deemed to be the final decision of the Corporation and
shall be given effect to by the Corporation.(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), in proceedings in any court a plea
of issue estoppel shall not be available in respect of an issue decided by the
Committee.54A Personal representative of deceased person may appeal on
person’s behalf(1) A reference in sections 49, 50 and 50A to a person includes, where
the person has died, the person’s personal representative acting on
behalf of the person.(2) In this section, personal
representative, in relation to a person who has died, means:(a) in the case of a person who died wholly or partially
intestate—any person who appears to the Committee to be entitled to
appears to the Committee to be entitled to receive the relevant payment under
the will of the person.
Part 7 Miscellaneous55 Arrangements with other States and Territories(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may from time to time
enter into an agreement, containing reciprocal arrangements with respect to
the matters specified in subsection (2), with the Minister charged with
administering the law of a State (other than New South Wales), or a Territory,
of the Commonwealth which provides for making payments of long service
benefits to persons engaged in the building and construction industry in that
State or Territory.(2) The matters referred to in subsection (1) are:(a) the payment of long service benefits to workers engaged in the
building and construction industry,
(b) the exchange of information concerning credits and entitlements to
such payments between the Corporation and any authority established in the
other State or the Territory concerned which has functions similar to those of
(c) such other matters relating to the payment of long service
benefits to such workers as the Ministers may wish to agree
(3) An agreement entered into under subsection (1) may be varied or
revoked by agreement of the Ministers concerned.(4) (Repealed)56 Keeping of books and records(1) A person who employs workers, whether or not under a contract of
employment, shall keep such books and records as may be prescribed containing
such particulars as may be prescribed relating to those
workers.(2) A subcontract worker shall keep such books and records as may be
prescribed containing such particulars as may be prescribed relating to
building and construction work performed by the subcontract
worker.(3) A person who is required by subsection (1) or (2) to keep any book
or record shall preserve the book or record for a period of at least 6 years
after the last entry was made in it.Maximum penalty: 20 penalty
units.57 Service of notices or other documents(1) A notice or other document that may be served by the Corporation
or the Committee under this Act may be served:(a) by delivering it personally to the person to whom it is
(b) where it is addressed to a registered worker:(i) by delivering it to any place shown in the register of workers as
the registered worker’s place of abode or business and by leaving it
there with some person for the registered worker, or
(ii) by posting it in an envelope duly stamped and addressed to the
registered worker to whom it is addressed at any place shown in the register
of workers as the registered worker’s place of residence or business,
(c) where it is addressed to a person other than a registered
worker:(i) by delivering it to the place of abode or business of the person
last known to the Corporation or Committee, as the case may be, and leaving it
there with some person for the person to whom it is addressed,
(ii) by posting it in an envelope duly stamped and addressed to that
person at the place of abode or business last known to the Corporation or
Committee, as the case may be,
and shall be deemed to have been served upon its being so delivered or,
in the case of a notice or document served as referred to in paragraph (b)
(ii) or (c) (ii), shall be prima facie deemed to have been served when it
would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.(2) A notice or other document may be served on the Corporation or the
Committee by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to:(a) the office of the Corporation or the Committee, as the case may
be, or
(b) if it has more than one office—any one of its
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) affects the operation of any
provision of a law or of the rules of a court authorising a notice or other
document to be served in a manner not authorised by that
subsection.(4) The regulations may authorise the service of documents by or on
the Corporation by facsimile or other electronic
means.58 Power of entry and inspection(1) In this section, premises includes any structure,
building and place (whether built upon or not), and any part
thereof.(2) A person authorised by the Corporation may:(a) enter any premises in order:(i) to determine whether any workers are employed or engaged there,
(ii) to determine, for the purposes of section 40, the cost of erecting
a building, and
(b) require a person to produce, at such time and place as the
authorised person may specify, any books, records or other documents:(i) required to be kept under or for the purposes of this Act or the
(ii) relating to the cost of erecting a building,
(c) make such examination and enquiry as may be expedient for the
purposes of any determination mentioned in paragraph (a) or for the purpose of
ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act and the regulations are being
(2A) The power conferred on a person authorised under subsection (2) to
compel the production of a document includes the power:(a) to require its translation into the English language, if it is not
written in English, and
(b) to compel the production, in hard-copy, graphic form, of a
document that is stored electronically or that otherwise consists of anything
referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of document in section 21 (1)
of the Interpretation Act
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not authorise any person to enter that
part of any premises being used for residential purposes without the consent
of the occupier of that part of the premises.(4) A person shall not wilfully delay or obstruct a person authorised
under this section in the exercise of the person’s functions under
subsection (2) (a) or (c) or, being the occupier of any premises, refuse to
permit or to assist a person so authorised to exercise those
functions.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty
units.(5) A person shall not neglect or fail to comply with a requirement
made under this section.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty
units.(6) Every person authorised under subsection (2) shall be provided by
the Corporation with a certificate of authority, and on applying for admission
to any premises which the person is empowered by this section to enter shall,
if requested to do so, produce the certificate to the occupier of the
premises.58A False statementsA person who:(a) in any application, certificate, claim, objection, appeal, book or
record made, furnished or maintained under or for the purposes of this Act or
(b) in any information furnished:(i) in purported compliance with a requirement made of the person
under this Act or the regulations, or
(ii) for the purpose of obtaining any exemption, concession, benefit or
advantage under this Act or the regulations,
makes any statement or records any matter that the person knows to be
false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an
units.59 Disclosure of information(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who is, or was at any time,
authorised under section 58 shall not disclose any information relating to any
manufacturing or commercial secrets or working processes and obtained by the
person in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or the
units.(2) Subsection (1) does not operate to prevent the disclosure of
information where that disclosure is:(a) made in connection with the administration or execution of this
Act or the regulations,
(b) made with the prior permission of the Minister,
(c) ordered by a court, or by any other body or person authorised by
law to examine witnesses, in the course of, and for the purpose of, the
hearing and determination by that court, body or person of any matter or
(3) The Minister may grant the permission referred to in subsection
(2) (b) only if the Minister is satisfied that to do so would be in the public
interest.60 Authentication of certain documents by
CorporationEvery summons, process, demand, order, notice, statement,
direction or document requiring authentication by the Corporation may be
sufficiently authenticated without the seal of the Corporation if signed by
the Chief Executive Officer.61 Recovery of charges etc by CorporationAny charge, fee or money due to the Corporation may be recovered
by the Corporation as a debt in a court of competent
jurisdiction.62 Protection from liabilityNo matter or thing done in good faith for the purpose of executing
this Act shall subject the Minister, the Chief Executive Officer, any member
of the Committee or any person acting under the direction of the Minister,
Corporation or Committee personally to any action, liability, claim or
demand.63 Liability of directors etc for offences by
offence is an offence against any of the following provisions of
this Act that is committed by a corporation:(a) section 16A,
(b) section 39.
to in section 63.(2) A person commits an offence against this section if:(a) a corporation commits a corporate offence, and
commission of the corporate offence.64 Proceedings for offences(1) Proceedings for offences against this Act or the regulations are
to be disposed of summarily before the Local Court.(2) The provisions of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996 relating to appeals from, and the stating
of a case by, the Local Court to the Industrial Relations Commission in Court
Session apply to proceedings before the Local Court for offences against this
Act or the regulations.(3) Notwithstanding anything in any other Act, proceedings for an
offence against this Act or the regulations may be instituted within the
period of 6 years after the act or omission alleged to constitute the
offence.65 Regulations(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act,
exceeding 5 penalty units.(3) A provision of a regulation may:(a) apply generally or be limited in its application by reference to
or may do any combination of those things.66 RepealsEach Act specified in Schedule 2 is, to the extent indicated
therein, repealed.67 Savings, transitional and other provisionsSchedule 3 has effect.Schedule 1 Provisions relating to members and procedure of
Committee(Section 8 (4))1 DefinitionsIn this Schedule:appointed
member means a member other than the Chairperson,Chairperson
means the Chairperson of the Committee,member means a
member of the Committee.2 Term of officeAn appointed member shall hold office for such period (not
exceeding 3 years) as may be specified in the instrument of appointment unless
sooner removed from office by the Minister.3 Removal from officeThe Minister may at any time remove an appointed member from
office.4 Filling of vacancyIn the event of the office of an appointed member becoming vacant
a person shall, subject to this Act, be appointed to fill the
vacancy.5 RemunerationAn appointed member is entitled to be paid such remuneration
time to time determine in respect of the appointed
member.6 Effect of other Acts(1) The Public Service Act 1979 does not
apply to or in respect of the appointment of an appointed member and an
appointed member is not, as a member, subject to that
Act.(2) Where by or under any other Act provision is made requiring a
person who is the holder of a specified office to devote the whole of his or
her time to the duties of that office, or prohibiting the person from engaging
in employment outside the duties of that office, that provision shall not
operate to disqualify the person from holding that office and also the office
of an appointed member or from accepting and retaining any remuneration
payable to the person under this Act as an appointed
member.7 Deputies for members(1) The Minister may, from time to time, appoint a person to be the
deputy of an appointed member.(2) A person shall not be appointed under subclause (1) as the deputy
of:(a) an appointed member referred to in section 8 (2) (b), unless the
person is appointed from the same panel as that from which the member was
appointed or the person is appointed from a further panel of 6 persons
nominated by Unions NSW, or
(b) an appointed member referred to in section 8 (2) (c), unless the
nominated jointly by the Master Builders’ Association of New South Wales
and the Australian Federation of Employers and
(3) Two or more persons may be appointed under subclause (1) as
deputies from a single further panel of 6 persons referred to in subclause (2)
(a) or (b).(4) A deputy of an appointed member under subclause (1) may, in the
absence of the appointed member or during a vacancy in the office of the
appointed member, act in the office of the appointed member and, while so
acting, shall have all the functions of the appointed member and shall be
deemed to be an appointed member.7A Disclosure of interests(1) If:(a) a member has a direct or indirect interest in a matter being
considered or about to be considered at a meeting of the Committee,
meeting of the Committee.(2) A disclosure by a member at a meeting of the Committee that the
recorded by the Committee in a book kept for the purpose and that book must be
available at all reasonable hours for inspection by any person on payment of
the fee (if any) determined by the Committee.(4) After a member has disclosed the nature of an interest in any
matter, the member must not, unless the Committee otherwise determines:(a) be present during any deliberation of the Committee with respect
(5) For the purposes of the making of a determination by the Committee
under subclause (4), a member who has a direct or indirect interest in a
matter to which the disclosure relates must not:(a) be present during any deliberation of the Committee for the
the Committee.8 General procedure of the CommitteeThe procedure for the calling of meetings of the Committee and for
regulations, be as determined by the Committee.9 QuorumThe quorum for a meeting of the Committee is 6
members.10 Presiding member(1) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Committee at
which the Chairperson is present and, if the Chairperson is absent from any
meeting, a member elected by the members present shall preside at that
meeting.(2) The person presiding at any meeting of the Committee shall have a
deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, a second or
casting vote.11 Decision of CommitteeA decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting
of the Committee at which a quorum is present shall be the decision of the
Committee.12 MinutesThe Committee shall cause full and accurate minutes to be kept of
the proceedings at its meetings and shall submit to the Corporation a copy of
the minutes of each meeting within 14 days after the day on which it was
held.13 Transaction of business outside meetings or by
papers concerned.Schedule 2 Repeals(Section 66)Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1974 No 98—the whole Act.Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
(Amendment) Act 1976 No 73—the whole Act.Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
(Investment) Amendment Act 1980 No 52—the whole
Act.Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
(Amendment) Act 1980 No 123—the whole Act.Miscellaneous Acts (Companies) Amendment Act 1981 No
123—so much of Schedule 8 as relates to the
1974.Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
(Amendment) Act 1982 No 44—the whole Act.Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
(Amendment) Act 1983 No 23—the whole Act.Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments
(Further Amendment) Act 1983 No 130—the whole
Act.Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and
Amendment Act 1983 No 153—so much of Schedule 1 as
relates to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1974.Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other
provisions(Section 67)Part 1 Provisions consequent on enactment of this
Act1 DefinitionsIn this Schedule:former
Committee means the Building and Construction Industry Committee
constituted under section 20 of the former Act.former
Corporation means the Building and Construction Industry Long
Service Payments Corporation constituted by section 4A (1) of the former
Act.2 Continuity of CorporationThe Corporation is a continuation of, and the same legal entity
as, the former Corporation.3 Former Committee(1) On the commencement of this Act:(a) the former Committee is abolished, and
(b) the persons who were members and alternate members of that
Committee immediately before that commencement cease to hold office as
(2) If, on the commencement of this Act, the Minister has not
appointed the first members of the Committee under section 8 (2) (b) and (c),
the persons referred to in subclause (1) who were members or alternate members
of the former Committee shall be deemed to be members or alternate members, as
the case may be, of the Committee until the first appointment of members is
made under section 8 (2) (b) and (c).4 First meeting of CommitteeThe Minister shall call the first meeting of the Committee after
the commencement of this Act in such manner as the Minister thinks
fit.5 Applications and matters pending before former Committee
etc(1) Any application or matter pending before the former Committee
immediately before the commencement of this Act may, if the determination of
the matter is necessary for the purposes of this Schedule, be determined by
the Committee as if this Act had not been enacted, and shall have effect as if
it had been determined under the former Act.(2) Any application concerning a matter under this Schedule that, but
for the enactment of this Act, might have been made to the former Committee
under the former Act, may be made to and determined by the Committee as if
this Act had not been enacted, and shall have effect as if it had been
determined under the former Act.6 References to former Committee and former ActAfter the commencement of this Act, in any Act, in any instrument
made under any Act or in any other instrument of any kind:(a) a reference to the former Committee shall be read as a reference
to the Committee, and
(b) a reference to the former Act shall be read as a reference to this
7 Continuation of the FundThe Building and Construction Industry Long Service Payments Fund
established by section 5 of the former Act shall be deemed to be established,
on the commencement of this Act, as the Building and Construction Industry
Long Service Payments Fund pursuant to section 10.8 Continuation of registration of workers under former
ActA person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act,
a registered worker under the former Act shall, on that commencement, be
deemed to be a registered worker under this Act.9 Continuation of register of workers(1) The register which, immediately before the commencement of this
Act, was kept by the former Corporation under section 10 of the former Act
shall, on that commencement, be deemed to be the register of workers under
section 15.(2) The Corporation may amend the register of workers:(a) to delete particulars entered into that register pursuant to the
former Act, but which are not required for the purposes of this Act,
(b) to make any corrections to the particulars entered in that
register before the commencement of this Act in order that those particulars
accord with this Act and with the provisions of the former Act, or any Act
amending that Act, that were applicable to the
10 Allocation of service credits after commencement of this
Act(1) A certificate of service under section 20 (1) is not required to
be furnished by an employer in respect of a period before the commencement of
this Act, except where the employer is required to do so pursuant to a notice
under section 20 (1) (c).(2) A claim for service credits under section 21 (1) may not be
furnished in respect of a period before the commencement of this Act, except a
period approved pursuant to section 21 (2) (c).(3) Nothing in this clause affects the operation of Division 3 of Part
3 in respect of a person who lodges an application to become a registered
worker after the commencement of this Act but who is deemed pursuant to this
Act to have become a registered worker before that
commencement.(4) If this Act commences on a date other than 1 July in any year, a
certificate of service under section 20 (1) (a) or a claim for service credits
under section 21 (2) (a) shall be furnished in respect of the period from the
commencement of this Act to the next following 30
June.11 (Repealed)12 Continuation of staffA person who was a member of the staff of the Corporation
immediately before the commencement of this Act does not cease to be a member
of that staff by reason only of the repeal of the former
Act.13 Long service charges under former Act(1) The provisions of the former Act and the regulations thereunder
relating to long service charges payable under that Act in respect of any
period before the commencement of this Act continue to apply to long service
charges paid before that commencement and long service charges due but not
paid before that commencement.(2) In the application of the provisions of section 27 of the former
Act, as referred to in subclause (1), to any overpaid long service charges the
words “within two years after the date of overpayment” shall be
deemed to be omitted from that section.(3) The Corporation shall write off any long service charges payable
by a person under the former Act in respect of any period before 1 February
1981 if:(a) the Corporation is satisfied that all other long service charges
payable by the person under the former Act have been paid before the
expiration of 6 months after the commencement of this Act,
(b) the Minister approves of those charges being written
(4) Proceedings for an offence against the former Act in respect of a
failure to pay any long service charges under that Act shall not be instituted
if those long service charges have been written off under subclause
(3).14 Payments to registered employers in respect of
unregistered workersWhere, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a
registered employer under the former Act is credited in the employers’
register under the former Act with a number of successive working days in
respect of a worker, the worker shall, for the purposes of any payment to that
employer under section 32:(a) be deemed to be a registered worker in the period during which
those working days occur, and
(b) be deemed to have been credited in the register of workers with
that number of successive days’ service.
15 (Repealed)Part 2 Regulations consequent on enactment of
amendments16 Regulations(1) The regulations may make other provisions of a savings or
transitional nature consequent on the enactment of any of the following
Acts:Building and Construction
Industry Long Service Payments Amendment Act
1998Building and Construction
2010(2) A provision referred to in subclause (1) may take effect as from
the commencement of the Act concerned or a later
date.(3) To the extent to which a provision referred to in subclause (1)
the date of its publication therein, or
before the date of its publication therein.
(4) A provision made under subclause (1) shall, if the regulations
expressly so provide, have effect notwithstanding any provision of this
Schedule other than this clause.Part 3 Provisions consequent on enactment of Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Amendment Act 199817 DefinitionIn this Part, the amending Act means the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Amendment Act 1998.18 Calculation of award ratesThe definition of award inserted in section 3 (1) by
the amending Act is to be used for the purposes of calculations made under the
Act in respect of all payments made after the new definition takes
effect.19 Building and construction workThe repeal and substitution by the amending Act of the definition
construction work in section 3 (1) does not afford any person a
right to be credited, in respect of service on any date before the repeal and
substitution of that definition took effect, that the person would not have
had if the repeal and substitution had not been
effected.20 Registration as a worker(1) Section 16 (2), as inserted by the amending Act, applies in
respect of a worker who, immediately before its commencement, was performing
building and construction work in New South Wales under a contract of
employment, but so applies as if the reference in that subsection to a period
of 7 days after commencing to be so employed were a reference to the period of
90 days after the commencement of section 16, as inserted by the amending
Act.(2) An amendment made by the amending Act to section 18 does not apply
in respect of an application for registration that was lodged but not
determined before the date on which the amendment took
effect.(3) Section 19 (1), as amended by the amending Act, extends to apply
to workers who were registered before the commencement of that
subsection.(4) Section 19 (1A) and (1B) extend to apply to workers who were
registered before the commencement of those
subsections.(5) Section 19 (2A) extends to apply in respect of a payment of the
kind referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection that was made before the
commencement of that subsection.(6) Except to the extent required by any agreement in force under
section 55, the provisions of section 19 (6) and (7) do not apply in respect
of a registration that was cancelled before the commencement of those
subsections.21 Part-time and other workThe repeal and substitution by the amending Act of section 22 does
not afford any person a right to be credited, in respect of service on any
date before the repeal and substitution of that section took effect, that the
person would not have had if the repeal and substitution had not been
effected.22 Service credits for activities and circumstances other
than building and construction work(1) Section 23, as inserted by the amending Act, does not apply in
respect of any activity undertaken or circumstance existing before its
commencement.(2) The provisions of section 23, as in force before its repeal by the
amending Act, continue to apply to the extent that they conferred any right
with respect to any activity or circumstance referred to in subclause
(1).23 Service as an adultA person is entitled, in accordance with section 28 (1), as
amended by the amending Act, to be credited with service rendered by the
person as a minor to the same extent as if paragraph (c) of that subsection,
as so amended, had been in force when the service was
rendered.24 Entitlement to long service payment on
incapacityThe amendments made by the amending Act to sections 28 (1) (e) and
30 do not apply in respect of an application made under either of those
provisions before the amendments took effect.25 Payments to employers(1) This clause applies in respect of the provision of a benefit
referred to in section 31 as an alternative benefit (whether the benefit was
provided before or after the repeal and replacement of that section by the
amending Act).(2) On application made within 12 months after the provision of the
alternative benefit or within such longer period (not exceeding 2 years) as
the Corporation may allow, the Corporation must pay to the employer who
provided those benefits an amount calculated in accordance with the formula
given in section 32 (1) (as modified by subclause
(3)).(3) For the purposes of calculating an amount payable under subclause
(2), the pronumeral S in the formula referred to in that subclause is taken to
represent the number of days in the period during which, as evidenced by
certificates of service furnished by the employer concerned under section 20,
the worker performed building and construction work in the service of the
employer under a contract of employment before the alternative benefit accrued
due (increased by 275 where that period commenced on the appointed day within
the meaning of the former Act).(4) The period referred to in subclause (3) does not include any day
that is later than 90 days after the commencement of section 16 (2) unless the
worker was registered on that day.(5) Subject to subclause (4), the period during which, as referred to
in subclause (3), a worker performed building and construction work in the
service of an employer is taken to include any day in respect of which the
worker was, by virtue of illness or otherwise, entitled to a service credit
(or would have been, if the worker had been registered on that day) while
employed by that employer.(6) A payment made before the commencement of this clause to an
employer that was not lawfully made, but that could lawfully have been made if
this clause had been in force at the time of the payment, is
validated.26 RefundsA refund of the whole or part of a levy, given before the
amendments made by the amending Act to section 42 took effect, that was not
lawfully given but that could lawfully have been given if those amendments had
been in force at the time of the refund is validated.27 AppealsThe amendment made by the amending Act to section 49 does not
apply to a right of appeal existing before the amendment took
effect.28 Proceedings for offencesThe amendment made by the amending Act to section 64 does not
apply so as to allow proceedings to be instituted for an offence allegedly
constituted by an act or omission that was more than one year old at the time
the amendment took effect.Part 4 Provisions consequent on enactment of Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Amendment Act 201029 DefinitionIn this Part, amending Act means the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Amendment Act 2010.30 Definition of “Commonwealth industrial
instrument”: section 3 (1)(1) The substitution of the definition of Commonwealth
industrial instrument in section 3 (1) of this Act made by the
amending Act is taken to have effect on and from 27 March
2006.(2) A regulation made for the purposes of that definition may provide
that it is taken to have effect on and from a date earlier than the date of
the making of the regulation (but not earlier than 27 March
2006).31 Suspension of registration: section 19 (8) and
(9)(1) Section 19 (8), as inserted by the amending Act:(a) extends to a suspension of a registration that took effect before
the commencement of that subsection that is still in effect,
(b) does not apply to a period of suspension that ended before the
commencement of that subsection.
(2) Section 19 (9), as inserted by the amending Act, does not apply to
a restoration of a suspended registration that took effect before the
commencement of that subsection.32 Service credits for part-time work and working partially
on building and construction work and partially on other work: section 22
(3A)Section 22 (3A), as inserted by the amending Act, extends to the
performance of work before the commencement of that
subsection.33 Deemed minimum and maximum rates of pay: sections 29 (5),
32 (2A) and 32BSections 29 (5), 32 (2A) and 32B, as inserted by the amending Act,
apply to calculations of payments after the commencement of those provisions
in relation to days’ service credited to the worker concerned before and
after that commencement.34 Refunds of long service levies in interests of justice:
section 42 (8) and (9)Section 42 (8) and (9), as inserted by the amending Act, extend to
the refund, after the commencement of those subsections, of a long service
levy that was paid to the Corporation before that
Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule Cl clause No number Schs Schedules Cll clauses p page Sec section Div Division pp pages Secs sections Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted (1) Reciprocating States and Territories under sec 3 (6):Australian Capital Territory—Gazette No 167 of 30.10.1987, p
6047,Victoria—Gazette No 82 of 29.6.1990, p
5915,Western Australia—Gazette No 167 of 14.12.1990, p
10988,South Australia—Gazette No 54 of 5.4.1991, p
2588,Queensland—Gazette No 76 of 3.6.1994, p
2669,Tasmania—Gazette No 15 of 4.2.2000, p
700,Northern Territory—Gazette No 75 of 9.6.2006, p
4245.(2) Corresponding laws under sec 3 (6):Long Service Leave
(Building and Construction Industry) Ordinance 1981 of the
Australian Capital Territory—Gazette No 167 of 30.10.1987, p
6047,Construction Industry Long Service
Leave Act 1983 of Victoria—Gazette No 82 of 29.6.1990, p
5915,Construction Industry Portable Paid Long
Service Leave Act 1985 of Western Australia—Gazette No
167 of 14.12.1990, p 10988,Construction Industry Long Service Leave
Act 1987 of South Australia—Gazette No 54 of 5.4.1991, p
2588,Building and Construction Industry
(Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991 of
Queensland—Gazette No 76 of 3.6.1994, p 2669,Construction Industry (Long Service)
Act 1997 of Tasmania—Gazette No 15 of 4.2.2000, p
700,Construction Industry Long Service Leave
and Benefits Act 2005 of the Northern Territory—Gazette
No 75 of 9.6.2006, p 4245.Table of amending instrumentsBuilding and Construction
Industry Long Service Payments Act 1986 No 19. Assented to
2.5.1986. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.7.1986, sec 2 (2) and
GG No 99 of 27.6.1986, p 2947. This Act has been amended as follows:
1986No 149Building and Construction Industry
Long Service Payments (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to
17.12.1986.1987No 48Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1)
1989No 79Miscellaneous Acts (Industrial and Commercial
Training) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 2.6.1989.Date of commencement, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p
1989. Assented to 13.6.1989.Date of commencement, except as provided by sec 2 (2)–(10), assent,
1989. Assented to 5.9.1989.Date of commencement of the amendment to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1986 in Sch 1, assent, sec
1989. Assented to 21.12.1989.Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1986, 1.4.1990, sec 2 and GG No 44 of 30.3.1990,
p 2579.
1991. Assented to 3.5.1991.Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1986, assent, sec 2.
No 34Industrial Relations Act 1991.
1992. Assented to 8.10.1992.Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1986, 1.7.1992, Sch
1995. Assented to 9.6.1995.Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Act 1986, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of
1996No 121Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1996. Assented to 3.12.1996.Date of commencement of Sch 4.8, 4 months after assent, sec 2
1998No 33Building and Construction
15.6.1998.Date of commencement of Schs 1 (Sch 1 [8] and so much of Sch 1 [24] as
would insert sec 24 (5) excepted) and 3, 1.7.1998, sec 2 (1) and GG No 97 of
26.6.1998, p 4421; Sch 1 [8] and so much of Sch 1 [24] as would insert sec 24
(5) were not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Building and Construction Industry Long Service
Payments Amendment Act 2010 No 15; date of commencement of Sch
2, assent, sec 2 (2). Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1998 No 54. Assented to 30.6.1998. Date of
commencement of Sch 2.3, assent, sec 2 (2).
1998. Assented to 26.11.1998.Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001.Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2
Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004.Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2
2005. Assented to 16.6.2005.Date of commencement of Sch 7.1, 1.8.2005, sec 2 and GG No 96 of
Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005.Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, assent, sec 2
2010No 15Building and Construction
Industry Long Service Payments Amendment Act 2010. Assented to
18.5.2010.Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (318) LW
No 123Long Service Corporation Act
2010. Assented to 7.12.2010.Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2.
27.6.2011.Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.10.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (509) LW
2012No 97Miscellaneous Acts Amendment
Sec 3Am 1986 No 149, Sch 1; 1989 No 79, Sch 1; 1989 No
226, Sch 1; 1992 No 57, Sch 2; 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [1] [2],
2 [1] [2]; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.3 [1]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [1] [2]; 2005 No 43,
Sch 7.1; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.4; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [1]; 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1
[1]–[3]; 2011 No 22, Sch 2.3.Part 2, Div 1Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [4].Sec 4Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [3];
2006 No 2, Sch 4.5 [1]. Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [4].Sec 5Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [4].Sec 6Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3]; 2004
No 55, Sch 1.4 [3]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.5 [2].Sec 7Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1992 No 57, Sch 2; 1998 No
33, Sch 2 [4]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [4]. Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1
[4].Sec 8Am 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [3] [4], 2 [3]; 2001 No 112,
Sch 1.3 [1]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [3]; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.3; 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[2].Part 2, Div 3Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5].Sec 10Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5].Sec 11Rep 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [5].Sec 12Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5].Sec 13Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1. Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1
[5].Sec 14Rep 2010 No 123, Sch 2.1 [5].Sec 15Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [5]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[3].Sec 16Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[4].Sec 16AIns 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.2
[1].Sec 17Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [6]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[5].Sec 18Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [7]. Subst 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[6].Sec 19Am 1986 No 149, Sch 2 (1); 1989 No 132, Sch 1; 1998
No 33, Sch 1 [9]–[12]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[7]–[9].Sec 20Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1
[13]–[17]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [10].Sec 21Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1
[18]–[21].Sec 22Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [22]. Am 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[11].Sec 23Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [22].Sec 24Am 1986 No 149, Sch 2 (2); 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998
No 33, Sch 1 [23] [24]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [12] [13].Sec 25Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [25] [26]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[14].Sec 26Am 1986 No 149, Sch 2 (3); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep
1998 No 33, Sch 1 [27].Sec 27Am 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (1); 1998 No 33, Sch 1
[28].Sec 28Subst 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (2). Am 1989 No 89, Sch 1;
1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1
[29]–[31]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [5]–[7].Sec 29Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [32] [33];
2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [8] [9]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [15].Sec 30Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1
[34].Sec 30AIns 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [35].Sec 31Am 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (3). Subst 1998 No 33, Sch 1
[35].Sec 31AIns 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [35].Sec 32Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1998 No
33, Sch 1 [36] [37]; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.3 [2]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4
[10]–[12]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [16]–[18].Sec 32AIns 1986 No 149, Sch 3 (4). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1;
2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [13] [14].Sec 32BIns 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [19].Sec 33Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1.Sec 34Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [38], 2
[6], 3 [1] [2].Sec 37Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 3 [3]; 2001
No 112, Sch 1.3 [2].Sec 38AIns 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [20].Sec 39Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.2
[2].Sec 40Am 1998 No 33, Sch 3 [4]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3 [3]
[4].Sec 41Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.Sec 42Am 1998 No 33, Schs 1 [39] [40], 3 [5] [6]; 1998 No
120, Sch 1.3 [3]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [21] [22].Secs 45, 47Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4
[3].Sec 49Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [41]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.3
[5]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [23] [24].Sec 50AIns 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [25].Sec 54AIns 2010 No 15, Sch 1 [26].Sec 55Subst 1986 No 149, Sch 4. Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2
[7].Sec 56Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.Sec 57Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [42].Sec 58Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 33, Sch 1
[43]–[47].Sec 58AIns 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [48].Sec 59Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.Secs 60, 62Am 1998 No 33, Sch 2 [3]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4
[3].Sec 63Am 2011 No 2, Sch 1.4 [1] [2]. Subst 2012 No 97,
Sch 1.2 [3].Sec 63AIns 2012 No 97, Sch 1.2 [3].Sec 64Am 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.8 [1] [2];
1998 No 33, Sch 1 [49]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.27; 2007 No 94, Sch
2.Sec 65Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.Sch 1Am 1998 No 33, Sch 1 [50] [51]; 2001 No 112, Sch
1.3 [6]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.4 [15]; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.3; 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[27].Sch 3Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1998 No 33, Schs 1
[52]–[54] [55] (am 1998 No 54, Sch 2.3) [56], 2 [8]; 2010 No 15, Sch 1
[28] [29].