COAL
PRODUCTION (WAR-TIME) ACT REPEAL.
No.
80 of 1948.
An
Act to provide for the repeal of the Coal
Production (War-time) Act 1944, for the Collection of
Statistics in respect of Coal, and for other purposes.
[Assented
to 17th December, 1948.]
[Date of commencement, 14th
January, 1949.]
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
Production (War-time) Act Repeal Act 1948.
Repeal
of section 62 of Coal Production (War-time) Act 1944.
2. Section sixty-two of the Coal
Production (War-time) Act 1944 is repealed.
Definitions.
3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“the
Board” means the Joint Coal Board constituted in pursuance of the Coal Industry Act 1946;
“the
Commissioner” means the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner appointed under the Coal Production (War-time) Act 1944.
Duration
of Coal Production (War-time) Act 1944.
4. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Proclamation,
declare that on a date specified in the Proclamation the Coal Production (War-time)
Act 1944 shall cease to be in
operation in a State named in the Proclamation and thereupon that Act shall be
deemed to be repealed on the date so specified in respect of its operation in
that State.
Property
of Commonwealth Coal Commissioner to vest in the Commonwealth.
5.—(1.) Any property in any State (other than the State
of New South Wales) named in a Proclamation under the last preceding section
which, immediately prior to the date specified in the Proclamation, was vested
in the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner under the Coal Production (War-time)
Act 1944 shall, on the date so
specified, become vested in the Commonwealth.
(2.) In any
contract subsisting immediately prior to the date specified in a Proclamation
under the last preceding section to which the Commissioner is a party and which
is to be or is being carried out in the State named in the Proclamation, any
reference to the Commissioner shall, as on and from that date, be deemed to be
a reference to the Commonwealth and any right, power, obligation or liability
arising under the contract shall be vested in or imposed upon the Commonwealth.
Collection
of statistics in relation to coal.
6.—(1.) The Board may collect statistics relating to
the production, distribution and use of coal, and for that purpose, may require
persons to furnish to it such statistical returns and information relating to
those matters as are prescribed.
(2.) A
requirement under the last preceding sub-section may be made by publication in
the Gazette or by service personally
or by registered post upon the persons to whom the requirement is addressed.
(3.) Any person
who, without reasonable cause, refuses or fails to furnish any return or
information required of him under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
Regulations.
7. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with
this Act, prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be
prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying
out or giving effect to this Act.