Industrial Arbitration (Living Wage Declaration) Act 1927 (NSW)

INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION

(LIVING WAGE DECLARATION)

ACT.

Act No. 38, 1927.

A n A c t t o a m e n d t h e l a w w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e

d e c l a r a t i o n of l i v i n g w a g e s ; t o a m e n d t h e

I n d u s t r i a l A r b i t r a t i o n A c t , 1 9 1 2 , as a m e n d e d

b y s u b s e q u e n t A c t s , a n d t h e I n d u s t r i a l A r b i ­

t r a t i o n ( A m e n d m e n t ) A c t , 1 9 2 6 ; a n d for

p u r p o s e s c o n n e c t e d t h e r e w i t h . [ A s s e n t e d t o ,

1 1 t h A p r i l , 1 9 2 7 . ]

i t enacted b y t h e K i n g ' s Mos t Exce l l en t Majes ty , Wales in P a r l i a m e n t	BE	by and wi th t h e advice and consent of t h e Legis ­
la t ive	Counci l and Legis la t ive Assembly of N e w South

assembled, a n d by t h e au thor i ty of

the same, as follows :—

1 . (1) This A c t m a y be cited as t h e " I n d u s t r i a l

Arb i t r a t i on (Liv ing W a g e Declarat ion) Act , 1 9 2 7 . "

(2) This Ac t shal l be read and cons t rued wi th the

I n d u s t r i a l Arb i t r a t i on Ac t , 1912, as amended by

subsequen t Acts , and the I n d u s t r i a l Arb i t r a t ion

( A m e n d m e n t ) Ac t , 1926.

2 . (1) A n y declara t ion of a l iv ing wage for male
adu l t employees made on or af ter t h e fifteenth day of

J u n e , one t housand n ine h u n d r e d and twenty-seven , shal l

be in accordance wi th t he provisions of th is Act , b u t a n y

de te rmina t ion of a s tandard of l iv ing m a d e on or af ter t h a t da te shall he in accordance w i t h t h e provisions of section seven of t he Indus t r i a l Arbi t ra t ion ( A m e n d m e n t )

Ac t , 1926.

(2) I n any declarat ion of a l iv ing wage for adu l t
ma le employees such l iv ing wage shal l be based upon

a s tandard of l iv ing in accordance wi th t h e provisions

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of section seven of the Industrial Arbitration (Amend- ment) Act, 192G, and on the requirements of a man and wife without children.

(3) The Industrial Commission shall on or after the fifteenth day of June , one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, but not later than the thirtieth day of September,one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, declare a living wage for adult male employees in accordance with the provisions of subsection two of this section.

3 . The Industiial Commission may declare a separate living wage for rural employees or any section thereof based upon a standard of living in accordance with the provisions of section seven of the Industrial Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 1920.