Coal Industry Act 1952 (Cth)

COAL INDUSTRY.

 

No. 30 of 1952.

An Act to amend section thirty-four of the Coal Industry Act 1946–1951.

[Assented to 16th June, 1952.]

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 Coal Industry Act 1952.

(2.) The Coal Industry Act 1946–1951*, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Coal Industry Act 1946–1952.

Commencement.

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

Jurisdiction and powers of Tribunal.

3.—(1.) Section thirty-four of the Coal Industry Act 1946–1951 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(7.) The power specified in sub-section (1.) of this section to consider and determine industrial disputes, in so far as that power is vested in the Tribunal by this Act, is declared to be a power exercisable by way of conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of those disputes.”.

(2.) The sub-section inserted by the last preceding sub-section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the date on which section thirty-four of the Coal Industry Act 1946