Coal Industry (Amendment) Act 1955 (NSW)

COAL INDUSTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 40, 1955.

An Act relating to the tenure of office of Francis Heath Gallagher as the Coal Industry Tribunal and Member of the Industrial Commission of New South Wales; for this purpose to amend the Coal Industry Act, 1946, and the Industrial Arbitration Act. 1940, as amended by subsequent Acts; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 29th November 1955.]

B E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­	lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South
Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
1. This Act may be cited as the "Coal Industry (Amendment) Act, 1955."
2. This Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
3. For the purposes of section thirty-six of the Coal Industry Act, 1946-1951—

(a) the holding by Francis Heath Gallagher, whether before or after the date of commence­ ment of this Ac t , of office as a member of the In­ dustrial Commission of New South Wales, and the engagement by him, whether before or after that date, in the performance of the duties and functions of that office, shall be deemed not to have been, or to be, engagement by him in paid employment outside the duties of his office as the person appointed to constitute the Coal Industry Tribunal; and (b)

(b) a day on which Francis Heath Gallagher, whether before or after the date of commence- ment of this Act, performed or performs duties or functions clS cl member of the Industrial Commission of New South Wales shall be deemed not to have been, or to be, a day on which he absented or absents himself from duty as the person appointed to constitute the Coal Industry Tribunal.

4 . Section fourteen of the Industrial Arbitration Act, 1940, as amended by subsequent Acts, shall not operate and shall be deemed never to have operated to render Francis Heath Gallagher incapable of accepting or hold- ing office as the person appointed to constitute the Coal Industry Tribunal under the Coal Industry Act, 1946, of this State and the Coal Industry Act 1946 of the Parlia- ment of the Commonwealth of Australia.