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Details: C2011B00195
- C2011B00195
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to long service leave in the black coal mining industry, and for related purposes
Introduced Senate 21 Sep 2011
C2011B00195
Schedule 1—Long service leave entitlement 3
Part 2—Amendments relating to funding 34
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992 34
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992 38
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Act 1992 39
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992 39
Schedule 2—Constitution of the Board 40
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992 40
Schedule 3—Levy and collection arrangements 43
Part 1—Amendments relating to levy 43
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992 43
Part 2—Amendments relating to audit and reporting requirements etc. 45
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992 45
Schedule 4—Amendment of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Act 2009 51
Schedule 5—Transitional provisions 52
Part 1—Preliminary 52
Part 2—Recognition of long service leave before 1 January 2012 53
Part 3—Keeping records of recognised long service leave 56
Part 4—Miscellaneous 59
This Act may be cited as the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Act 2011.
4. Schedule 4, item 2
24 After paragraph 7(d)
25 After Part 5
Omit “The Corporation”, substitute “Subject to subsection (1A), the Corporation”.
28 After subsection 50(1)
29 After section 52
30 Section 54
31 At the end of section 54
33 Subsection 4(1) (definition of industrial authority)
34 Subsection 4(1) (definition of relevant industrial instrument)
35 At the end of subsection 11(1)
Add “or payments out of the Fund under section 44”.
36 At the end of section 40
37 Subsections 43(1) to (4)
Omit “in respect of any matters referred to in this section”.
Omit “to discharge the liability of employers to make payments to eligible employees in respect of long service leave”, substitute “to reimburse employers in accordance with the Employer Reimbursement Rules”.
40 Sections 44 to 46
41 Sections 48, 48A and 48B
Omit “provide for a new long service leave funding scheme”, substitute “make provision in relation to long service leave”.
Omit “Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992”, substitute “Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992”.
45 After paragraph 3(a)
46 Paragraph 3(b)
Omit “long service leave payments made to eligible employees”, substitute “payments made in respect of long service leave”.
47 Section 51
Omit “Subject to section 53, the”, substitute “The”.
48 Section 52
49 Section 53
Omit “Funding Act”, substitute “Administration Act”.
52 Section 3 (definition of Corporation)
53 Section 3 (definition of eligible employee)
54 Section 3 (definition of Fund)
55 Section 3 (definition of Funding Act)
1 Subsection 4(1) (definition of employee‑representative Director)
Omit “, (5) or (6)”, substitute “or (5)”.
2 Subsection 4(1) (definition of employer‑representative Director)
After “subsection 13(2)”, insert “, (2A)”.
5 Subsections 13(5) and (6)
Omit “United Mine Workers Division of the Construction, Forestry and Mining Employees Union”, substitute “Mining and Energy Division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union”.
7 Subsection 13(8)
8 Subsection 13(9)
Omit “(3), (4), (5) or (6)”, substitute “(2A), (3), (4) or (5)”.
10 Paragraph 14(5)(b)
11 Subsection 17(2)
Omit “section 22”, substitute “section 27J of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997”.
12 Paragraph 18(a)
Omit “directors” (wherever occurring), substitute “Directors”.
13 Section 23
2 Section 3 (definition of eligible wages)
4 After section 3A
The amendment made by item 4 of this Schedule applies in relation to levy payable in respect of employment on or after 1 January 2012.
Part 2—Amendments relating to audit and reporting requirements etc.
Before “Chapter 2”, insert “(1)”.
8 At the end of section 3A
10 Subsections 5(1) and (1A)
11 Subsection 5(3)
Note: Part 7A of the Administration Act provides for pecuniary penalties for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.
13 Subsections 9(3) and (4)
(3) The annual report of the Corporation for a financial year must include particulars of:
(a) any amounts paid to, or recovered by, the Corporation or another person under this section during the financial year; and
(b) any proceedings brought by the Corporation to recover an amount under subsection (2) during the financial year.
(5) Subsection (3) is a civil penalty provision.
15 Subsection 12(4) (penalty)
16 Subsection 13(8) (penalty)
17 Subsection 13(8B)
18 Subsection 14(3) (penalty)
19 After paragraph 15(e)
20 Paragraph 15(f)
Omit “a fine of $1,000”, substitute “50 penalty units”.
21 Application of item 9
Section 4 of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992, as substituted by item 9 of this Schedule, applies in relation to levy payable in respect of employment on or after 1 January 2012.
22 Application of items 10 and 11
The amendments made by items 10 and 11 of this Schedule apply in relation to returns made in respect of employment on or after 1 January 2012.
23 Application of item 13
The amendment made by item 13 of this Schedule applies to the financial year that started on 1 July 2011 and to later financial years.
24 Application of section 10 of the Payroll Levy Collection Act
Section 10 of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992, as inserted by item 14 of this Schedule, applies to the financial year that started on 1 July 2011 and to later financial years.
25 Application of section 10A of the Payroll Levy Collection Act
Section 10A of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992, as inserted by item 14 of this Schedule, applies to a period that ends on or after 1 January 2012, whether or not the period begins before that date.
26 Application of items 15 to 18
(1) The amendments made by items 15 to 18 of this Schedule apply in relation to acts and omissions that occur on or after 1 January 2012.
(2) For the purposes of this item, if an act or omission is alleged to have occurred between 2 dates, one before and one on or after 1 January 2012, the act or omission is taken to have occurred before 1 January 2012.
1 Subitem 1(4) of Schedule 2
employment as an eligible employee means any period, or periods, of service completed by an eligible employee between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2011 (both dates inclusive).
Australian workplace agreement means a written agreement, between an employer and a person whose employment was subject to the agreement, that would have been recognised as an “Australian workplace agreement”, “AWA” or “pre‑reform AWA” under a law of the Commonwealth at any time before 1 January 2012.
award employee means a person who was covered by section 113 of the Fair Work Act 2009 at any time on or after 1 January 2010, but does not include a non‑award employee.
new law means the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992, as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act.
non‑award employee means a person who was covered by Schedule 2 to the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Act 2009 (as in force immediately before 1 January 2012) at any time on or after 1 January 2010.
Part 2—Recognition of long service leave before 1 January 2012
2 Recognition of long service leave—eligible employees
(1) This item applies if a person is an eligible employee at any time in the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2012.
(2) The Corporation must calculate:
(a) the period, or periods, of service completed by the employee between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2011 (both dates inclusive) as if the period, or periods, were a period, or periods, of qualifying service completed by the employee after 1 January 2012; and
(b) if the period of qualifying service is, or the periods of qualifying service add up to, at least 8 years—the employee’s entitlement (in hours) to long service leave under Part 5A of the new law in respect of that qualifying service.
Note: If the eligible employee is an award employee, see also item 4 of this Schedule.
3 Recognition of long service leave—former eligible employees
(a) a person is not an eligible employee at any time in the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2012; and
(b) the person has an entitlement, or may become entitled, to long service leave in respect of their service in the black coal mining industry before 1 January 2012.
(2) If the person wishes the Corporation to recognise service before 1 January 2012, the person must provide the Corporation with the following information, in writing:
(a) the period or periods of the person’s employment as an eligible employee between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2011 (both dates inclusive);
(b) the type of employment of the person (for example, whether full‑time, part‑time or casual);
(c) the person’s employer for each period of employment.
(3) The person must provide the information on or before 30 September 2012 (or such later date prescribed by the regulations).
(4) If a person provides the Corporation with information, as mentioned in subitem (2), the Corporation must:
(a) verify the information; and
(b) if the information is correct—calculate:
(i) the period, or periods, of service completed by the person between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2011 (both dates inclusive) as if the period, or periods, were a period, or periods, of qualifying service completed after 1 January 2012; and
(ii) if the period of qualifying service is, or the periods of qualifying service add up to, at least 8 years—the person’s entitlement (in hours) to long service leave under Part 5A of the new law in respect of that qualifying service; and
(c) if the information is not correct—take steps to resolve:
(i) what period, or periods, of service have been completed by the person between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2011 (both dates inclusive); and
(ii) what entitlement the person has (in hours) to long service leave under Part 5A of the new law in respect of that service;
so that the calculation mentioned in paragraph (b) can be made in relation to the person.
4 Recognition of long service leave before 1 January 2000
To avoid doubt, items 2 and 3 of this Schedule do not affect any entitlement of an award employee to long service leave arising from applicable award‑derived long service leave terms (as preserved by section 113 of the Fair Work Act 2009) in respect of service in the black coal mining industry before 1 January 2000.
5 Certain service not recognised
When making a calculation required by item 2 or 3 of this Schedule in relation to a person, the Corporation must disregard:
(a) any period during which the person’s employment was subject to an Australian workplace agreement, if the agreement specifically excluded an entitlement to long service leave for service in the black coal mining industry; and
(b) any period of long service leave taken by the person:
(i) for service in the black coal mining industry; or
(ii) under State law;
if an application to take the leave was made before 1 January 2012.
Part 3—Keeping records of recognised long service leave
6 Records relating to eligible employees
(1) This item applies in relation to a person in respect of whom the Corporation has made a calculation under item 2 of this Schedule.
(2) The Corporation must notify the person, on or before 30 September 2012 (or such later date prescribed by the regulations), in writing, of the records it has relating to:
(a) the person’s employment as an eligible employee before 1 January 2012; and
(b) the person’s employer or employers before that date; and
(c) the qualifying service completed by, and the long service leave entitlement of, the person, as calculated under item 2 of this Schedule.
(3) If a person receives notification from the Corporation, as mentioned in subitem (2), and the person considers that the information is incorrect or incomplete, the person may provide the Corporation with the information necessary to ensure that the Corporation’s records are correct.
(4) If subitem (3) applies, the Corporation must:
(a) verify the information provided by the person; and
(b) decide whether the person’s records need to be corrected; and
(c) notify the person, in writing, whether the person’s records have been corrected, and if they have, of the records the Corporation now has in relation to the person.
(5) If the Corporation notifies a person under this item, the Corporation must also give a copy of the notification to the person’s current employer or employers.
7 Records relating to former eligible employees
(1) This item applies in relation to a person in respect of whom the Corporation has made a calculation under item 3 of this Schedule.
(2) The Corporation must notify the person, on or before 31 December 2012 (or such later date prescribed by the regulations), in writing, of the records it has relating to:
(c) the qualifying service completed by, and the long service leave entitlement of, the person, as calculated under item 3 of this Schedule.
8 Interaction with the new law
(1) Subject to item 9 of this Schedule, the new law applies in relation to a person who is covered by Part 2 of this Schedule as if:
(a) the person’s period, or periods, of service, as calculated by the Corporation under that Part and/or arising from applicable award‑derived long service leave terms, is a period, or are periods, of qualifying service; and
(b) where the period of qualifying service is, or the periods of qualifying service add up to, at least 8 years—any entitlement of the person to long service leave (in hours), as calculated by the Corporation under Part 2 of this Schedule and/or arising from applicable award‑derived long service leave terms, is an entitlement to long service leave under Part 5A of the new law in respect of that qualifying service.
(2) For the purpose of working out the LSL credit of a person who is:
(a) an eligible employee; or
(b) a former eligible employee who becomes an eligible employee again on or after 1 January 2012;
the number of hours of long service leave that the person is entitled to for each week of qualifying service, as calculated by the Corporation under Part 2 of this Schedule and/or arising from applicable award‑derived long service leave terms, is to be added to the number of hours of long service leave mentioned in paragraph 39AB(5)(a) of the new law.
9 Records created after 1 January 2012
If, after 1 January 2012, a record is created in respect of a person mentioned in subitem 3(1) who has not provided the Corporation with information within the time mentioned in subitem 3(3), subitem 3(4) and item 5 of this Schedule do not apply to calculating:
(a) the period, or periods, of service completed by the person before 1 January 2012; and
(b) the person’s entitlement (in hours) to long service leave under Part 5A of the new law in respect of that service.
10 Actuarial advice relating to sufficiency of fund
(1) In January 2013, (or such later month before 1 January 2015 prescribed by the regulations), the Board must seek advice from an actuary as to:
(2) To avoid doubt, advice sought under this item satisfies the requirements of subsections 43(1) and (2) of the new law for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014.
(a) arising out of the enactment of Part 5A of the new law; or
(b) relating to amounts that are, or may become, payable to employers under Part 7 of the new law.
(3) Despite subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, regulations made under this item may be expressed to take effect from a day before the regulations are registered under that Act.
(4) Subitem (2) does not limit subitem (1).