Coal Industry Act 1957 (Cth)

COAL INDUSTRY.

 

No. 61 of 1957.

An Act relating to the Coal Industry Tribunal.

[Assented to 20th November, 1957.]

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 1957.

(2.) The Coal Industry Act 1946–1956, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Coal Industry Act 1946–1957.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

Repeal.

3. The Coal Industry Act 1955 is repealed.

Appointment of Francis Heath Gallagher to Commonwealth Conciliation and ArbitrationCommission.

4. For the purposes of section thirty of the Coal Industry Act 1946–1957—

(a) the holding by Francis Heath Gallagher, while he is the person constituting the Coal Industry Tribunal, of office as a member of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, and the engagement by him in the performance of the duties and functions of that office, shall be deemed not to be engagement by him in paid employment outside the duties of his office as the person constituting the Coal Industry Tribunal; and

 

(b) a day on which Francis Heath Gallagher performs duties or functions as a member of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission shall be deemed not to be a day on which he absents himself from duty as the person constituting the Coal Industry Tribunal.

5. After section thirty-one of the Coal Industry Act 1946–1956 the following section is inserted:—

Service as the Tribunal deemed to be service in a judicial office under a State for purposes of Judges’ Pensions Act.

“31a. For the purposes of section twelve of the Judges’ Pensions Act 1948