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LONG SERVICE LEAVE (BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993
Debate resumed from 20 May 1993, on motion by Mr Berry:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR DE DOMENICO (4.45): Madam Speaker, I am not trying to outdo Mr Kaine; but, once again, the Liberal Party will be supporting this Bill. We think it makes a lot of sense. I will be moving an amendment later on, though, Madam Speaker. The Bill, very basically, abolishes levies on apprentices' wages, but apprentices' terms will be considered in long service leave calculations. The Bill will allow contributions for training to be recognised for the purposes of the Commonwealth training guarantee scheme and will extend the scheme to cover part-time workers. The Bill also extends the limit of contracts the Long Service Leave Board may enter into without ministerial approval from $100,000 to $250,000. It changes the penalty for unpaid levies from 2.5 per cent to $50 a month and allows the board to write off bad debts. The Bill also changes the method of calculation of payments and removes gender specific language. Finally, it makes some very minor technical amendments. The Liberal Party will be supporting the Bill.
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (4.46), in reply: Madam Speaker, I welcome the support of the members opposite for the Bill and I look forward to its speedy passage through the detail stage.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail Stage
Clauses 1 to 16, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 17
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (4.47): Madam Speaker, I move:
Page 5, line 30, add at the end the following paragraph:
"(d) by omitting subsection (7) and substituting the following subsections:
'(7) The registration of a person under subsection (1), or in pursuance of an order of the Board under subsection (4), takes effect -
(a) if the applicant for registration was an employee on the prescribed day -
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