AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRLINES.

No. 105 of 1956.

An Act to amend the Australian National Airlines Act 1945-1952 in relation to the Employment of Persons by the Australian National Airlines Commission.

[Assented to 15th November, 1956.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 Australian National Airlines Act 1956.

(2.) The Australian National Airlines Act 1945–1952 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Australian National Airlines Act 1945–1956.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twenty-third day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.

3. After section eighteen a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Division 1 of Part II.:—

Public Service Arbitration Act not to apply.

“18b. The Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1956 does not apply in relation to the employment of officers or employees of the Commission.”.

Saving of existing determinations and pending proceedings.

4. Notwithstanding the amendment made by this Act—

(a) if, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, any proceedings instituted under the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1956 in relation to the employment of officers or employees of the Australian National Airlines Commission had not been finally determined, those proceedings may be continued, heard and determined, and any application, reference or appeal under that Act in connexion with those proceedings may be made or continued, and heard and determined, as if this Act had not been enacted ; and

(b) any determination or order which was in force under the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920–1956 immediately before the date of commencement of this Act and applied in relation to the employment of officers or employees of the Australian National Airlines Commission, and any determination or order resulting from proceedings referred to in the last preceding paragraph, continues to apply or applies as if section eighteen b had not been inserted in the Principal Act, but is subject to any award, order, determination or agreement made under any other Act after the commencement of this Act, or after the making of that determination or order, whichever is the later.