47Service credit—employee’s prior service

47 Service credit—employee’s prior service (1) This section applies in relation to an employee’s service in a covered industry for work done in the industry before the employee became a registered worker for the industry. (2) The registrar may credit the employee with 1 day of service in the workers register for the covered industry for each day of the service if the employee’s employer has, in relation to the employee for the day, given the authority— (a) a return under section 49 (Quarterly returns by employers) that includes the employee; and (b) payment of the levy under section 50 (Levy payments by employers) for the return.

(3) If subsection (2) does not apply, the registrar may credit the employee with 1 day of service in the workers register for the covered industry for each day of the employee’s service in the covered industry, up to a maximum of 1 year, before the employee’s registration if the registrar is satisfied that the person was employed in the covered The registrar is satisfied that Joe, before his registration day, had separate periods of service as an employee in the services industry of 25 and 125 days. The registrar may credit Joe in the workers register for the services industry with 150 days (being less than 1 year) of service. (4) To remove any doubt, an employee is not entitled to credit for service in a covered industry in relation to work done before the industry became a covered industry.