STEVEDORING INDUSTRY AMENDMENT ACT 1976

No. 178 of 1976

An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Amendment Act 1976.

(2) The Stevedoring Industry Act 1956 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement.

2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Sections 3, 4 and 5 shall come into operation on the day on which an award or order of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission providing for long service leave for waterside workers comes into operation.

Interpretation.

3. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of “long service leave” and of “qualifying service”.

Functions of the Authority.

4. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) the word “and”; and

(b) by omitting sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph.

Long service leave.

5. Part IIIa of the Principal Act is repealed.

Borrowings by the Authority.

6. Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the words “, but the aggregate of the amounts borrowed by the Authority under this sub-section and not repaid shall not exceed One million dollars”.

Commission may provide for long service leave.

7. An award or order of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission under Division 4 of Part III of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 providing for long service leave for waterside workers may be made at anytime after the commencement of this section, notwithstanding that Part IIIa of the Principal Act is in force at the time of the making of the award or order.