STEVEDORING INDUSTRY (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1976

No. 179 of 1976

An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1967.

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 (Temporary Provisions) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1976.

(2) The Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1967 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) Section 4 shall come into operation on the day on which sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Stevedoring Industry Amendment Act 1976 come into operation.

Cessation of operation of Act.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word and figures “1 January 1977” and substituting the word and figures “1 July 1977”.

Refund of part of charge in respect of certain waterside workers employed by Fremantle Port Authority.

4. Section 7c of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1), after the word “benefits” (first occurring), the words “otherwise than under an award or order of the Commission”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (b) of sub-section (2), after the word “payment”, the words “, in accordance with an award or order of the Commission,”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) the words “the Stevedoring Industry Act and the regulations under this Act” and substituting the words “such an award or order”.