Industrial Arbitration (Contracts of Carriage) Amendment Act 1987 (NSW)

INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION (CONTRACTS OF

CARRIAGE) AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 248

NEW SOUTH WALES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title
2. Commencement

3.    Amendment of Act No. 2, 1940, s. 91L (Jurisdiction of tribunal with respect to contracts of carriage)

4. Operation of amendment

INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION (CONTRACTS OF CARRIAGE)

AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 248

NEW SOUTH WALES

Act No. 248, 1987

An Act to amend the Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 in relation to the reinstatement of contracts of carriage. [Assented to 16 December 1987]

Industrial Arbitration (Contracts of Carriage) Amendment 1987

The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Industrial Arbitration (Contracts of

Carriage) Amendment Act 1987.

Commencement

1. This Act shall commence on the date of assent to this Act.

Amendment of Act No. 2, 1940, s. 91 L (Jurisdiction of tribunal with respect to contracts of carriage)

3. The Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 is amended by inserting after

section 91L (2) the following subsections:

(3) Subject to this Act, a tribunal established for a class of contracts of carriage may, after inquiry, make a contract determination with respect to the reinstatement of a contract of carriage that has terminated.

(4) Where a tribunal has not been established for a particular class of contracts of carriage, the powers and jurisdiction conferred on a tribunal by this Act may, pending establishment of a tribunal for that class of contracts, be exercised in relation to that class by a conciliation commissioner.

Operation of amendment

1. Section 91 L (3) of the Industrial Arbitration Act 1940, as amended

by this Act, does not apply in relation to a termination of a contract of

carriage that occurred before the commencement of this Act.