Construction Industry Long Service Leave and Benefits Act 2005
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15 Qualifying service (1) The Registrar must credit each registered worker with an amount of qualifying service for a financial year that is equal to the total number of the worker's days of service for that year. (2) However, the Registrar must not credit the worker with more than 220 days of qualifying service for a financial year. (3) Subject to the Determinations, each of the following is a day of service for the worker: (a) a workday throughout which the worker carries out construction work in the Territory; (b) a public holiday or a day of paid absence for the worker (other than a day that is part of long service leave granted to the worker) while the worker is employed or engaged to carry out construction work in the Territory; (c) a day of service worked out in accordance with the Determinations in relation to a time when the worker is employed or engaged to carry out construction work in the Territory (for example, for construction work carried out, or paid absence, for part of a day). (4) Except as provided by section 101, in crediting the worker with qualifying service, the Registrar must take into account the worker's days of service in relation to the following periods: (a) the period of 12 months immediately before the worker becomes a registered worker; (b) a period during which the worker is a registered worker.