Industrial Arbitration (Amendment) Act 1929 (NSW)

INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION

(AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 41, 1929.

An Act to remove persons employed in rural in- dustries from the operation of the Industrial Arbitration Acts; to amend the Industrial Arbitration Act, 1912, and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 17th December, 1929.]

Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 1929." (2)

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis-	lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Kew South
Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1 . (1) This Act may be cited as the "Industrial!

(2) The Industrial Arbitration Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2 . (1) The Principal Act is amended by omitting

section 24B and by inserting in lieu thereof the follow­
ing new section:—

24B . (1) Employees who arc employed in rural industries, that is to say—

(a)	upon farms, orchards, vineyards, or agricul­ tural or pastoral holdings in connection with dairying, poultry farming, or bee farming, or the sowing, raising, harvesting, or treating of grain, fodder, fruit, or other farm produce, or the management, rearing, or grazing of horses, cattle, sheep, or other live stock, or the shearing or crutching of sheep, or the classing, scouring, sorting, or pressing of wool, upon any farm or station, or at other farm or station work ; or
(b)	in or in connection with the formation, tending, protection, or regeneration of forests; or
(c)	in flower or vegetable market gardens or nurseries; or
(d)	at clearing, fencing, trenching, draining, or otherwise preparing land for any of the abovementioned purposes,

shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act other than Parts X and X I ; and all awards,

orders, and industrial agreements in force at the	commencement of the Industrial Arbitration
(Amendment) Act, 1929, and applying to and binding upon such employees, are hereby rescinded.
(2) Any declaration of a living wage made after the commencement of the Industrial Arbitra­ tion (Amendment) Act, 1929, shall not extend to the employees referred to in subsection one of this section, and any such declaration made prior to such commencement shall so far as such employees are concerned be null and of no effect from such commencement.

(2) The Porty-four Hours Week Act, 1925, is amended by omitting from section five the words " sub- sections (a) to (d) inclusive of section 24B of the Principal Act" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words " subsection one of section 24B of the. Principal Act inserted bv the Industrial Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 1929."

3 . Nothing in section two of this Act shall be construed to affect any craftsman or any award or agreement regulating the conditions of employment of craftsmen generally or to affect any employee employed under the Public Service Act, 1902, or any award or agreement regulating the conditions of such employment.