Basic Wage Act of 1925 (16 Geo v No. 5) (Qld)

16 GEO. V. No. 5,1925. LABOUR. Basic Wage Act. 11305 An Act relating to the Basic Wage for Employees 16 NGoe. o 5 . . V. who are Governed by Awards or Industrial THE BASIC Agreements. WAGE ACT OF 1925. [ASSENTED TO 28TH SEPT~MBER, 1925.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lati ve Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Basic Wage Actshort title Of 1925," and shall be read as one with *" The Industrial Arbitration Acts, 1916 to 1924," and any Act amending the same, herein collectively referred to as the Principal Act. 2. (1.) It is hereby enacted and declared that on Declaration and from the date of the passing of this Act and so long (of basic as this Act remains in force the declarations of the Court, wage. made in pursuance of section nine of the Principal Act On the fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and the eleventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and published in the Gazette on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and the twenty-fourth day of Novem- ber, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, respectively (which said declarations are herein collec- tively referred to as the "basic wage declaration"), shall, notwithstanding any award or declaration of the Court to the contrary made before the date of the passing of this Act, be and remain in full force and effect and (subject nevertheless to the terms, provisions, conditions, and discretions in the basic wage declaration set forth) the minimum rate of wages to be paid to male employees and female employees respectively who are governed and bound by awards or indmtrial agreements having the effect of awards in and for the several divisions, districts, and localities, ·of the State, shall be the basic wage declared for male -employees and female employees respectively in and for the said several divisions, districts and localities by the * 7 Geo. V. No. 16, 8upra, page 7538; 14 Geo. V. No. 10, 8upra, page 10587; 15 Geo. V. No. 25, 8upra, page 11052 ; and 16 Geo. V. No. 13, 8upra, page 11296.

11306 LABOUR. Basic Wage Act. 16 GEO. V. No. 5, 1925. basic wage declaration or fixed and declared by the Court pursuant to the provisions of the basic wage declaration. Edeffcelacrtaotfion. be o(b2s.e)rvTehde bfyoreaglloipnegrspornosviscioonncseronfedthainsdssehcatilolnsoshfaaHr as are necessary have the same effect as if the same were a declaration by the Court under section nine of the Principal Act made and coming into force. on the date of the passing of this Act. Revision of (3.) It shall be the duty of the Court forthwith to awards. revise every subsisting award and industrial agreement having the effect of an award which was made or entered into having regard to any declaration of the Court varying the basic wage declaration and which in the opinion of the Court it is necessary to revise so as to make the same conformable with the basic wage declaration. Such revision may be made either upon application by the parties, or by the Court of its own motion upon notice to the parties as the Court thinks proper in the public interest and in every case shall be made so as to take effect on and from the date of the passing .of this Act. Duration of 3. This Act shall remain in force for a period of Act. twelve monthff after the date of the passing of this Act and thereafter until the coming into force of any declaration of the Court in variance of the provisions of subsection one of the last preceding section· made in pursuance of section nine of the Principal Act after the expiration of the said period of twelve months.