29Suspension of worker’s registration

29 Suspension of worker’s registration

29 Suspension of worker’s registration

(1) The Corporation may suspend the registration of a worker who has been credited with at least 1825 days of service in the register of workers if 1460 non-service days have elapsed since the last date in respect of which the worker was credited with service under this Act or under a corresponding law.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a non-service day is a day prescribed by the regulations as a non-service day for the purposes of this section.

(3) The Corporation may restore a suspended registration at any time.

(4) While the registration of a worker is suspended—

(a) the worker is not to be credited in the workers register with any service under this Act (being service during the period of suspension), and

(b) the Corporation is not required to give any annual statement under section 26 to the worker, and

(c) subject to sections 62 (Prohibition on payments in lieu of leave) and 63—

(i) the worker is entitled to apply for and be paid any long service payment in respect of any days’ service then credited to the worker in the workers register, and

(ii) if the worker has died (whether before or after the worker’s registration was suspended)—the personal representative of the worker is entitled to apply for and be paid any long service payment in respect of any days’ service then credited to the worker in the workers register.

(5) An application under subsection (4) (c) (ii) may not be made more than 2 years after the date of suspension or the date of the worker’s death (whichever is the later).

(6) If a suspended registration is restored under subsection (3), any days’ service under this Act that are credited to the worker as at the date of the suspension are to be restored.