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is issued after he ceases to be a registered waterside worker, immediately before he so ceased, to long service leave under this Part for a period equal to the difference.
"(9.) Where—
       (a) a person has been employed at a port on weekly hiring as a waterside worker in stevedoring operations during any period after the establishment of a register of waterside workers at the port under Commonwealth stevedoring legislation and before the expiration of two months after the commencement of this section, being a period during which he was not registered as a waterside worker but was a member of a Union; and
       (b) the person is registered as a waterside worker on the date of commencement of this section, or the person is not so registered on that date but—
            (i) he has been so registered during a period before that date;
            (ii) his registration was cancelled on his becoming employed on weekly hiring as a waterside worker in stevedoring operations;
            (iii) he is, on the date of commencement of this section, employed on weekly hiring as a waterside worker in stevedoring operations; and
            (iv) he informs the Authority by notice in writing given within two months after that date that he wishes to become a registered waterside worker,
he shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to have been registered as a waterside worker at the port referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-section during the period of employment referred to in that paragraph.

"(10.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, the definition of 'Union' in sub-section (1.) of section seven of this Act shall be read as if it included the Permanent and Casual Wharf Labourers Union of Australia.
"(11.) In this section—
     'long service leave scheme for employees' means a scheme providing for long service leave for employees, whether provided by or under a law of a State or a Territory of the Commonwealth or by agreement or in any other way, but does not include the long service leave scheme provided for in this Part;
     'permanent waterside worker' means a registered waterside worker employed on weekly hiring as a waterside worker in stevedoring operations;
     'weekly hiring' includes a hiring for a period longer than one week.
"(12.) Where, under a long service leave scheme for employees, an amount has been paid or is payable to or in respect of a person in lieu of long service leave, the person shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have become entitled to long service leave under that scheme for a period equal to the period of leave represented by the amount.
"(13.) For the purposes of this section—