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LONG SERVICE LEAVE (CLEANING, BUILDING AND PROPERTY SERVICES) ACT 1999 (NO. 85 OF 1999) - SECT 3

Interpretation

    In this Act—

"agreement" includes an industrial agreement made in accordance with the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth.
"award"
means an award made under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth or a determination.
"award holiday" means a day that is a holiday for people employed in the cleaning industry because of an award or agreement.
"board" means the Cleaning Industry Long Service Leave Board established by section 5.
"cleaning industry" means the industry of cleaning work.
"cleaning work" means work with a rate of pay fixed by the Cleaning (Building and Property Services) (ACT) Award 1998 as amended, that is carried out in the Territory.
"chairperson" means the chairperson of the board.
"deputy registrar" means the Deputy Long Service Leave Registrar under section 20.
"determination" includes a variation, suspension, interpretation or cancellation of a determination.
"employee" means a person employed to carry out cleaning work (other than by the Territory, the Commonwealth, the Australian National University or the University of Canberra).
"employees register" means the Long Service Leave (Cleaning, Building and Property Services) Register of Employees under section 34.
"employer" means a person (other than the Territory, the Commonwealth, the Australian National University or the University of Canberra) who employs a person to carry out cleaning work.
employers register means the Long Service Leave (Cleaning, Building and Property Services) Register of Employers under section 29.
long service leave formula" means the formula in section 51.
"member
means a member of the board, and includes the chairperson.
ordinary pay means—

        (a)     for a working director—the greater of the following:

              (i)     the amount paid or payable to the working director for carrying out cleaning work (other than for reimbursement of costs or materials);

              (ii)     the minimum salary or wages payable under an award for a working director carrying out that cleaning work; or

        (b)     for any other employee—the amount paid or payable to the employee for carrying out cleaning work, that is the total of—

              (i)     the salary or wages paid or payable for that work; and

              (ii)     the allowances paid or payable for that work for skill or qualifications; and

              (iii)     the amounts paid or payable for that work under a bonus or incentive scheme, that are amounts usually paid to the employee with his or her salary or wages (other than an amount for overtime or travelling costs or an extra payment for recreation leave).

"recognised service", for a registered employee, means a period of service entered in the employees register for that employee.
"registered" means registered under this Act.
"registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who is registered under the Medical Practitioners Act 1930 or under the law of a State or another Territory that provides for the registration of medical practitioners.
"registrar" means the Long Service Leave Registrar under section 19.
salary or wages does not include—

        (a)     payments for overtime; or

        (b)     payments at penalty rates of pay; or

        (c)     allowances which, because of an award or agreement, are not taken into account in deciding a rate of pay for overtime.

"service" means service in the cleaning industry.
"working day" means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or an award holiday.
"working director" means the director of a company employed by it to carry out cleaning work where the only other employees of the company (if any) are directors.



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