(1) This section applies in relation to a person who was an employee of CSL immediately before the sale day if, at that time, the employee's period of service for the purposes of the Long Service Leave Act was less than 10 years.
(2) If, on or after the sale day, the employee died and immediately before his or her death:
(a) the employee was an employee of a CSL body; and
(b) the employee's combined service period was at least one year; and
(c) the employee had one or more dependants;
the CSL body must make a payment to a dependant or to 2 or more dependants of the employee.
(3) The total amount of the payment or payments is the amount that would have been payable to the employee under section 17 if, on the day of his or her death, the employee had instead stopped being an employee of the CSL body on or after reaching the minimum retiring age.
(4) If subsection ( 2) applies, section 23 of the Long Service Leave Act has effect as if:
(a) that section applied to an employee of a CSL body; and
(b) a reference in that section to the approving authority were a reference to the CSL body; and
(c) the section were further modified as set out in the following table:
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Provision | Omit this expression | Insert this expression |
section 23 | this Act | |
subsections 23(2) and (3) | subsection 16(7) or 17(5) |