Construction Industry (Long Service) Act 1997 (Tas)

Construction Industry (Long Service) Act 1997

An Act to repeal the Long Service Leave (Construction Industry) Act 1971 , vest funds of the Fund established under that Act in the company that administers that Fund and provide for matters relating to the scheme administered by that company [Royal Assent 14 January 1998]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Construction Industry (Long Service) Act 1997 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act – commencement day means the day on which this Act commences; company means the company declared under section 4 ; construction industry means any industry involved in any construction described in Division C or Division E of the Standard Industrial Classification; corresponding body means a body in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth that administers a scheme corresponding to the new scheme; corresponding law means a law of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth that – (a) provides for matters relating to long service leave in the construction industry; and (b) is declared to be a corresponding law by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette; employee means a person engaged in the construction industry; employer includes a person who is self-employed; new scheme means the scheme established under the Trust Deed; previous fund means the Long Service Leave (Construction Industry) Fund established under the repealed Act; previous scheme means the scheme established under the repealed Act; repealed Act means the Long Service Leave (Construction Industry) Act 1971 ; Standard Industrial Classification means the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1993 (ABS Catalogue No. 1292.0); Trust Deed means the trust deed establishing the new scheme executed by – (a) TasBuild Limited on 19 June 1998, so long as that company is declared by the Minister under section 4 to be the company that is to administer the new scheme; or (b) if another company is so declared, that other company.