Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991
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Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 1991
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This section applies if— the employer of a registered worker is or becomes an insolvent under administration or an externally-administered body corporate; and a worker of the employer is eligible for long service leave or payment for the long service leave. The authority may pay to the worker or the worker’s personal representative the difference between— the amount that represents the value of the worker’s long service leave under this Act; and any amount that the worker or personal representative has received from or on behalf of the employer for the worker’s long service leave under this Act. This section applies despite anything in section 61 . In this section— externally-administered body corporate see the Corporations Act , section 9 . s 62A ins 2000 No. 61 s 49 amd 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3 ; 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 2 (1) (sec.62A-ssec.1) This section applies if— the employer of a registered worker is or becomes an insolvent under administration or an externally-administered body corporate; and a worker of the employer is eligible for long service leave or payment for the long service leave. (sec.62A-ssec.2) The authority may pay to the worker or the worker’s personal representative the difference between— the amount that represents the value of the worker’s long service leave under this Act; and any amount that the worker or personal representative has received from or on behalf of the employer for the worker’s long service leave under this Act. (sec.62A-ssec.3) This section applies despite anything in section 61 . (sec.62A-ssec.4) In this section— externally-administered body corporate see the Corporations Act , section 9 .