STEVEDORING INDUSTRY.

No. 70 of 1948.

An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry Act 1947.

[Assented to 10th December, 1948.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Act 1948.

(2.) The Stevedoring Industry Act 1947 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Act 1947-1948.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Appointment of officers and employees.

3. Section eleven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3.) the word “regulation” and inserting in its stead the word “section”.

Waterside Employment Committees.

4. Section thirty-six of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the word “or,”, the words “in the case of the port of Fremantle, not exceeding three, or,”; and

(b) by inserting in subjection (5.), after the word “or,”, the words “in the case of the port of Fremantle, not exceeding three, or.”.