Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991
sec.47Certificate of service to be supplied by employers
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sec.47 Certificate of service to be supplied by employers
An employer in the building and construction industry that engages a worker must— give to the authority, in accordance with a regulation, a certificate of service for the worker; and within such reasonable time, and in such reasonable way, as is specified in a notice served on the employer by the authority, give to the authority a certificate of service for the worker for the period specified in the notice. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. The employer must also make the information contained in the certificate of service available to the worker to whom the information relates. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. The authority may extend (for no longer than 2 months) the time specified in a notice served under subsection (1) . In this section— certificate of service , for a worker, means a certificate in the approved form that complies with section 48 . s 47 amd 1993 No. 66 s 3 sch ; 1994 No. 65 s 3 sch ; 1998 No. 44 s 3 sch ; 2000 No. 61 s 41 ; 2005 No. 27 s 12 ; 2007 No. 36 s 2 sch (sec.47-ssec.1) An employer in the building and construction industry that engages a worker must— give to the authority, in accordance with a regulation, a certificate of service for the worker; and within such reasonable time, and in such reasonable way, as is specified in a notice served on the employer by the authority, give to the authority a certificate of service for the worker for the period specified in the notice. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.47-ssec.2) The employer must also make the information contained in the certificate of service available to the worker to whom the information relates. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.47-ssec.3) The authority may extend (for no longer than 2 months) the time specified in a notice served under subsection (1) . (sec.47-ssec.4) In this section— certificate of service , for a worker, means a certificate in the approved form that complies with section 48 .
- (a) give to the authority, in accordance with a regulation, a certificate of service for the worker; and
- (b) within such reasonable time, and in such reasonable way, as is specified in a notice served on the employer by the authority, give to the authority a certificate of service for the worker for the period specified in the notice.