Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1966A00077:body:0:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C1966A00077
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Character Range: 30327–32983

person, means a number calculated in accordance with the formula—
where X equals 10 or a number equal to the number of whole years in that part of the qualifying service of the person occurring after the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, whichever is the less.

Taking of long service leave.
"45f.—(1.) Subject to this section, where a registered waterside worker who is entitled under this Part to long service leave desires to take the whole or a part of that leave, the Authority shall, upon application by him, determine the period within which the leave that he so desires to take is to be taken, but any Sunday included in that period shall not, for the purpose of determining the days on which he is on long service leave, be taken into account.
"(2.) A registered waterside worker who has become entitled to long service leave is not entitled to take that leave in more than two instalments.
"(3.) In making a determination under this section, the Authority shall have regard to the labour requirements of the port at which the applicant for the determination is registered, but, subject to those requirements, shall authorize the applicant to take the long service leave to which the application relates during a period commencing on, or as early as practicable after, the date as from which the applicant desires to take the leave.
"(4.) A determination under this section as to the period within which any long service leave to which a registered waterside worker is entitled is to be taken ceases to have effect if, before the commencement of that period, he ceases to be a registered waterside worker at the port at which he was registered when the determination was made.

Waterside worker not required to attend, &c., during period for taking long service leave.
"45g. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or an award of the Commission, a registered waterside worker is not required to attend or make himself available for employment as a waterside worker during a period determined in relation to him under the last preceding section.

Payments in respect of long service leave, &c.
"45h.—(1.) Where a registered waterside worker takes long service leave, he shall be paid an amount equal to the assessed amount of pay for each day of that long service leave.

"(2.) Unless otherwise agreed by the Authority and the waterside worker, the amount payable to him under the last preceding sub-section in respect of long service leave shall be paid to him in equal weekly instalments throughout the period during which the leave is taken.
"(3.) A person who has ceased to be a registered waterside