Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers (Superannuation) Amendment Act 1968 (NSW)

COAL AND OIL SHALE MINE WORKERS

(SUPERANNUATION) AMENDMENT ACT.

ANNO SEPTIMO DECIMO

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act No. 30, 1968.

An Act to exclude certain mine workers from the operation of the Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers (Superannuation) Act, 1941, as sub­ sequently amended; to amend that Act as so amended; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 11th October, 1968.]

1968". (2)

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

follows: —

1.      (1) This Act may be cited as the "Coal and Oil

Shale Mine Workers (Superannuation) Amendment Act,

(2) The Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers (Super­ annuation) Act, 1941, as subsequently amended and as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers (Superannuation) Act, 1941-1968.

2. The Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers (Super­ annuation) Act, 1941, as subsequently amended, is amended—

(a) by inserting next after section 2H the following new section :—

2I. (1) In this section "prescribed person"

means a mine worker who—

(a)	is a woman who is lawfully employed in the coal or oil shale mining industries in New South Wales;
(b)	has applied to the Tribunal for a certificate referred to in paragraph (c) of this sub- section;
(c)	has been certified by the Tribunal to be a prescribed person for the purposes of this section;
(d)	has served upon the owner by whom she is employed, or some person appearing to be authorised by that owner for the purpose, a certificate of the Tribunal referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection.

(2) The definition of "Mine worker" in subsection one of section two of this Act, as extended by other provisions of this Act and the regulations—

(a)	shall be deemed not to have, before the com- mencement of the Coal and Oil Shale Mine
Workers (Superannuation) Amendment

Act, 1968, included a woman; and

(b)

(b) except for the purposes of determining eligibility to be certified to be a prescribed person, does not, after that commencement, include a woman who is not a prescribed person.

(3) Upon application made for the purpose, the Tribunal may issue a certificate referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection one of this section and—

(a)	where the Tribunal issues such a certificate, it shall notify the issue thereof to the owner by whom the applicant therefor is employed; and
(b)	where such a certificate is served on an owner, he shall notify the service thereof to the Tribunal, specifying the day of service.

(b) by inserting at the end of paragraph (b) of sub- section three of section six the following new paragraph :—

After the commencement of the Coal and Oil Shale Mine Workers (Superannuation) Amend­ ment Act, 1968, a mine worker shall not be eligible for a pension pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection if his date of retirement is later than that commencement.

GAMING