Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act (No. 2) 1949 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION (NO. 2).

 

No. 86 of 1949.

An Act to declare that the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration is empowered to determine a Basic Wage for Adult Females, and for purposes related thereto.

[Assented to 29th October, 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 and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act (No. 2) 1949.

(2.) The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1948*, as amended by the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1949 , is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section one of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1949 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1949.

Commencement.

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

Limitation of jurisdiction of Conciliation Commissioners.

3. Section thirteen of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (b), after the word “wage”, the words “for adult males (that is to say, that wage, or that part of a wage, which is just and reasonable for an adult male, without regard to any circumstance pertaining to the work upon which, or the industry in which, he is employed)”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (d)the words “minimum rate of remuneration for adult females in an industry” and inserting in their stead the words “basic wage for adult females (that is to say, that wage, or that part of a wage, which is just and reasonable for an adult female, without regard to any circumstance pertaining to the work upon which, or the industry in which, she is employed) or the principles upon which it is computed”.

 

Jurisdiction of Court with respect to certain matters.

4. Section twenty-five of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (b), after the word “wage”, the words “for adult males (that is to say, that wage, or that part of a wage, which is just and reasonable for an adult male, without regard to any circumstance pertaining to the work upon which, or the industry in which, he is employed)”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (d)the words “minimum rate of remuneration for adult females in an industry” and inserting in their stead the words “basic wage for adult females (that is to say, that wage, or that part of a wage, which is just and reasonable for an adult female, without regard to any circumstance pertaining to the work upon which, or the industry in which, she is employed) or the principles upon which it is computed”.

Operation of amendments.

5.The application of the Principal Act as amended by this Act extends to industrial disputes which are before the Court or a