35Limitations on crediting service

35 Limitations on crediting service

35 Limitations on crediting service

(1) Except as provided by section 36, a worker must not be credited in the workers register with a day’s service unless the day is on or after the worker’s registration day.

(2) A worker must not be credited in the workers register with more than 365 days of service in a financial year, even if a particular financial year has 366 days.

(3) The days of service a worker must be credited for in the workers register must be adjusted to ensure that the total number is not more than 365 days if—

(a) for a financial year—a registered worker would otherwise be entitled to be credited with a number of days of service in the workers register and a further number of days of service in a like register or record kept under a corresponding law, and

(b) the total number of days is more than 365 days.

(4) The adjustment made under subsection (3) must be made when an application is made under this Act or a corresponding law for payment of long service leave for service that includes either or both of the number of days of service mentioned in subsection (3) (a), or at any other time the Corporation may decide.