sec.78If credit for service accrued elsewhere

sec.78 If credit for service accrued elsewhere

A person who is a registered worker may apply to the authority for payment by the authority of a long service leave entitlement calculated in a way stated in a corresponding law of a reciprocating State if— the person— has, for a period, been engaged in performing cleaning work in the contract cleaning industry in the reciprocating State, or partly in the reciprocating State and partly in Queensland; and because of the length of the period, is entitled under the corresponding law to a payment of a long service leave benefit; and the person would, if the person had engaged in the work in Queensland for the entire period, have had a long service leave entitlement under section 72 . If a registered worker has died and, immediately before the death, the registered worker was entitled to apply for payment for a long service leave entitlement under subsection (1) , the registered worker’s personal representative may apply to the authority for the payment. The authority must pay to an applicant under subsection (1) or (2) the amount of the entitlement calculated in the way stated in the corresponding law if the authority is— satisfied the applicant is entitled under the corresponding law and this Act to the payment; and authorised by the corresponding authority to make the payment. An application for the payment may be included in an application under section 71 . If the authority makes a payment under this section in relation to a period of cleaning work engaged in a reciprocating State, the authority must take all appropriate steps to ensure the authority is reimbursed by the corresponding authority for the payment. An application under this section must be in the approved form. If the authority refuses payment in relation to an application for payment under subsection (1) or (2) , the authority must give the applicant an information notice about the refusal. (sec.78-ssec.1) A person who is a registered worker may apply to the authority for payment by the authority of a long service leave entitlement calculated in a way stated in a corresponding law of a reciprocating State if— the person— has, for a period, been engaged in performing cleaning work in the contract cleaning industry in the reciprocating State, or partly in the reciprocating State and partly in Queensland; and because of the length of the period, is entitled under the corresponding law to a payment of a long service leave benefit; and the person would, if the person had engaged in the work in Queensland for the entire period, have had a long service leave entitlement under section 72 . (sec.78-ssec.2) If a registered worker has died and, immediately before the death, the registered worker was entitled to apply for payment for a long service leave entitlement under subsection (1) , the registered worker’s personal representative may apply to the authority for the payment. (sec.78-ssec.3) The authority must pay to an applicant under subsection (1) or (2) the amount of the entitlement calculated in the way stated in the corresponding law if the authority is— satisfied the applicant is entitled under the corresponding law and this Act to the payment; and authorised by the corresponding authority to make the payment. (sec.78-ssec.4) An application for the payment may be included in an application under section 71 . (sec.78-ssec.5) If the authority makes a payment under this section in relation to a period of cleaning work engaged in a reciprocating State, the authority must take all appropriate steps to ensure the authority is reimbursed by the corresponding authority for the payment. (sec.78-ssec.6) An application under this section must be in the approved form. (sec.78-ssec.7) If the authority refuses payment in relation to an application for payment under subsection (1) or (2) , the authority must give the applicant an information notice about the refusal.