Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1961 (Cth)

CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION.

No. 40 of 1961.

An Act to amend the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1960.

[Assented to 6th June, 1961.]

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 Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1961.

(2.) The Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1960 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1961.

Commencement.

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

Settlement of industrial disputes and determination or industrial matters.

3.Section eighty-two of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph—

“(b)to hear and determine industrial matters submitted to it in so far as those matters relate to—

(i) trade and commerce with other countries or among the States;

(ii) trade and commerce between a State and a Territory of the Commonwealth; or

(iii) trade and commerce in a Territory of the Commonwealth,

whether or not an industrial dispute exists in relation to those matters.”.

Attendance money.

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