Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00142:clause:5_8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00142
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 8
Character Range: 79198–80562

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.