Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991
sec.50Number of days’ service
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sec.50 Number of days’ service
Subject to sections 51 , 52 and 54 , if the authority is satisfied that a registered worker was engaged in the performance of building and construction work, the registered worker must be credited in the register of workers with the following number of days’ service— if the engagement was on a full-time basis only during a financial year—the number of days’ service; if the engagement was on a basis that is not a full-time basis during the whole, or a part, of a financial year—such number of days service with which the worker would have been credited, in the authority’s opinion, had the engagement been on a full-time basis only. Subsection (1) does not apply if the work is performed under a contract for services other than a contract for labour only. s 50 amd 1994 No. 65 s 3 sch ; 1998 No. 44 ss 11 , 3 sch ; 2014 No. 30 s 5 (sec.50-ssec.1) Subject to sections 51 , 52 and 54 , if the authority is satisfied that a registered worker was engaged in the performance of building and construction work, the registered worker must be credited in the register of workers with the following number of days’ service— if the engagement was on a full-time basis only during a financial year—the number of days’ service; if the engagement was on a basis that is not a full-time basis during the whole, or a part, of a financial year—such number of days service with which the worker would have been credited, in the authority’s opinion, had the engagement been on a full-time basis only. (sec.50-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the work is performed under a contract for services other than a contract for labour only.
- (a) if the engagement was on a full-time basis only during a financial year—the number of days’ service;
- (b) if the engagement was on a basis that is not a full-time basis during the whole, or a part, of a financial year—such number of days service with which the worker would have been credited, in the authority’s opinion, had the engagement been on a full-time basis only.