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STEVEDORING INDUSTRY.

No. 66 of 1962.

An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956–1961.

[Assented to 19th November, 1962.]

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 Stevedoring Industry Act 1962.
(2.) The Stevedoring Industry Act 1956–1961 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 1956–1962.

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

Interpretation.
3.—(1.) Section seven of the Principal Act is amended—
       (a) by inserting in sub-section (1.), before the definition of "award of the Commission", the following definition:—
           "'annual leave', in relation to a person, means annual leave to which he is entitled as a waterside worker;";

       (b) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the definition of "member", the following definition:—
            "'person eligible for service pension' means a person who is eligible for the grant of a service pension under the Repatriation Act 1920–1961 or would be so eligible but for section eighty-seven of that Act, and includes a person in receipt of such a pension;";
       (c) by omitting from the definition of "registered irregular waterside worker" in sub-section (1.) the words "continuous port or a seasonal";
       (d) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the definition of "registered regular waterside worker" and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
            "'registered regular waterside worker' means a registered waterside worker whose name is entered in Part A of the register of waterside workers at a port;"; and
       (e) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the definition of "ship ", the following definition:—
            "'sick leave', in relation to a person, means sick leave to which he is entitled as a waterside worker;".

(2.) The amendment made by paragraph (d) of the last preceding sub-section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the sixth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.

4. After section fifteen of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Compensation to members, officers and employees.
"15a. The Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930–1959 applies to the Chairman and other members of the Authority, and to officers and employees of the Authority, as if they were employees within the meaning of that Act and—
       (a) references in that Act to the Commonwealth were references to the Authority; and
       (b) the Chairman and other members of the Authority were employed by the Authority.".

General provisions with respect to port quotas.
5. Section twenty-six of the Principal Act is amended