COAL MINES PROFITS (WAR-TIME).
No. 2 of 1944.
An Act to
provide for the payment by the Owners of Controlled Coal Mines of Additional
Profits which have accrued as a result of the exercise of Control by the
Commonwealth Coal Commissioner.
[Assented to 8th March, 1944.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and
the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1.This
Act may be cited as the Coal Mines
Profits (War-time) Act 1944.
Commencement.
2.This
Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation.
3.Expressions
used in this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same
meanings as in the Coal Production (War-time) Act 1944.
Payment of additional profits from controlled mines.
4. Where
the amount of the profits derived from the operation of a controlled mine
during any period while the mine is or was a controlled mine is determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Coal
Production (War-time) Act 1944