Factories and Shops Acts Amendment Act 1968 (Qld)

244 ( 9uu n f an 4 ANNO SEPTIMO DECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 32 of 1968 An Act to Amend The F actories and Shops Acts 1960 to 1964 in certain particulars ASSENTED TO 19TH NOVEMBER, 19681 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. (I) Short title . This Act may he cited as the Factories and Shops Aces Amendment Act 1968. (2) Principal Act . The Factories and Shops Acts 1960 to 1964 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) Collective title. The Principal Act as amended by this Act may he collectively cited as the Factories and .Shops Act 1960-1968. 2. Commencement . (I) Sections I and 2 of this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

2 Factories and Shops Acts Amendment Act 1968, No. 32 245 (2) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette. Different days may be so fixed for the coming into operation of different sections of this Act and, in that event, the several sections of this Act shall come into operation on such days as are respectively so fixed. 3. Amendments of s. 5 (1). Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by in subsection (l)- (a) inserting after the definition " Bakehouse " the following definition:- business name "-used in relation to the manufacturing or making of any goods by any person, the business name registered under the provisions of The Business Names Acts 1962 to 1965 or any legislation of any other State or Territory of the Commonwealth corresponding to the provisions of those Acts, under which that person carries on the business of manufacturing or making those goods;": (b) omitting the definition " Sole " and inserting in its stead the following definition:- sole "-All that part of the boot or shoe which in use is under the foot of the wearer including the heel but excluding- (a) the insole: (b) the thin slip of leather, paper or like material which is affixed to the upper surface of the inner sole; and (c) thread, wax, rivets, pegs, nails, toe-plates and heel- plates:". 4. Amendment of s. 5 (1). Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by in subsection (1) inserting after the definition " Sole " the following definition:- specialty animal fibre"-any of the following natural fibres, namely cashmere, mohair, or the hair of the alpaca, camel. llama or vicuna:". 5. Amendment of s. 76 (1). Section 76 of the Principal Act is amended by in subsection (1) inserting after the words " leather goods " in subparagraph (a) of paragraph (ii) the words " or alternatively in the case of hoots and shoes the business name of the manufacturer thereof". 6. Amendments of s. 76 (2). Section 76 of the Principal Act is amended in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) by- (a) inserting after the words PURE WOOL- in subparagraph (iv) the words " or "ALL WOOL " (h) omitting subparagraph (v) and inserting in its stead the following Subparagraph- (v) it shall not include the words " PURE WOOL'" or "ALL WOOL " in the case of goods containing less than ninety- five per centum by weight of wool other than goods containing not less than eighty per centum by weight of wool and not more than five per centum by weight of any fibre other than wool or specialty animal fibre;

246 Factories and Shops Acts Amendment Act 1968, No. 32 3 (c) omitting subparagraph (vi) and inserting in its stead the following subparagraph :- (vi) if the goods contain less than ninety-five per centunt by weight of wool but not less than five per centum by weight of wool it shall include a statement specifying- (a) the percentage by weight of wool which is contained in the goods; and (b) the other fibres contained in the goods in order of dominance by weight. unless in the case of goods containing not less than eighty per centum by weight of wool and not more than five per per centum by weight of any fibre other than wool or specialty animal fibre it includes the words " PURE WOOL " or "ALL WOOL ". Where the trade description includes a statement specifying the percentage by weight of wool and that percentage is greater than the percentage by weight of any other fibre, the statement shall specify the percentage by weight of wool first, otherwise last; " 7. Amendments of s. 78A. Section 78A of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) omitting subsection (2) and inserting in its stead the following subsection:- " (2) (a) Any person who manufactures for sale any boots or shoes the soles of which consist entirely of leather shall conspicuously and legibly stamp upon or impress on each boot or shoe in the prescribed manner the words "ALL LEATHER SOLE ". Where the sole would consist entirely of leather but for one or more of the following:- (i) ordinary fillers of cork or waterproof felt; (ii) canvas used to reinforce the insole; (iii) a prescribed material used as prescribed in the manufacture of shanks; (iv) wood and metal used in the heels of ladies' footwear; (v) stiffening of such materials and so made as prescribed, such sole shall for the purposes of this paragraph (a) be deemed to consist entirely of leather. (b) Any person who manufactures for sale any boots or shoes the soles of which do not consist entirely of leather shall conspicuously and legibly stamp upon or impress on each boot or shoe in the prescribed manner- (i) a statement of the materials comprising the sole; or (ii) the words "NON LEATHER SOLE" or the words " SYNTHETIC SOLE ", save that where the material which comprises the sole is a class of rubber the properties of which prevent the stamping or impressing of any words or statement of words, the statement or words shall be conspicuously and legibly stamped on a prescribed material and affixed to the sole in the prescribed manner.

4 Factories and Shops Acts Amendment Act 1968, No. 32 247 (c) A person shall not sell any boots or shoes the soles of which have not been stamped or impressed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this subsection."; (b) in subsection (3) inserting after the words " or maker " the words 66 or the business name of the manufacturer or maker ".