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(9.) of this section; or
             "(j) any day after he has attained the age of seventy years, not being—
                  (i) a day before the commencement of this act; or

                  (ii) a day after the commencement of this Part and before the commencement of the Stevedoring Industry Act 1962 on which the person was registered at a port other than a continuous port or a seasonal port.";

       (m) by inserting after sub-section (6.) the following sub-sections:—
             "(6a.) Where—
             (a) the Authority certifies in writing, for the purposes of this sub-section, that it is satisfied that a person who has served as a member of the Defence Force for any period was, immediately before the commencement of that period, following the calling of a waterside worker at a port; and
             (b) a register of waterside workers had not been established at the port under Commonwealth stevedoring legislation before the commencement of that period but, during that period, such a register was established,
      then, for the purposes of sub-section (5.) of this section, the period shall be deemed to have commenced on the day on which the register was established and the person shall be deemed to have been, immediately before that day, registered at the port as a waterside worker under Commonwealth stevedoring legislation.
      "(6b.) A person who, during any period included in the period that commenced on the twenty-first day of March, One thousand nine hundred and forty-four, and ended on the thirty-first day of August, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, was not registered as a waterside worker but was a member of the Sydney Crane and Auto Truck Branch, or the Sydney Mechanical Branch, of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia and was employed as a waterside worker in stevedoring operations at the port of Sydney shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to have been registered as a waterside worker at the port of Sydney during that first-mentioned period."; and

       (n) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:—
             "(8.) Where—
             (a) the registration of a person as a waterside worker was, before the commencement of this sub-section, cancelled on his becoming an officer or other official of a Union; and
             (b) the person—
                  (i) had not ceased to be an officer or official of the Union before the commencement of this sub-section; or
                  (ii) had ceased to be an officer or official of the Union before the commencement of this sub-section and, on so ceasing, had again been registered as a waterside worker,
      he shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to have been registered as a waterside worker during the period commencing at the time when he became an officer or