Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Amendment Act of 1947 (11 Geo Vi No. 27) (Qld)

LABOUR. 11 GEO. VI. No. 27, 1947. Industrial Conciliation, Etc., Act. 115 LABOUR. (1) Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Amendment Act of 1947 (2) Industrial Law Amendment Act of 1948 (3) Unemployed Workers Insurance Acts Amendment Act of 1948 (4) Workers' Compensation Acts Amend- ment Act of 1947 11 Geo. VI. No. 27 12 Geo. VI. No. 9 12 Geo. VI. No. 21 12 Geo. VI. No. 1 An Act to Amend "The Industrial Conciliation and 11N< ; ' ~ 27~ L Arbitration Acts, 1932 to 1946," in certain C~ ~ ~ ~ N Particulars. [ASSENTED TO 10TH OCTOBER, 1947.] T::~O:~8 AMENDKBNT ACT OF 1947. B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Industrial Short title Oonciliation and Arbitration Acts Amendment Act of and t t. 1947," and shall be read as one with *"The Industrial cons ruc lon. Oonciliation and Arbitration Acts, 1932 to 1946,'; herein referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Ac • t may collectively be Collective cited as "The Industrial Oonciliation and Arbitration title. Acts, 1932 to 1947." 2. Subsection one of section ten of the Principal Amendment Act is amended as follows :_ ors. 10 (1). (i.) In paragraph (a) thereof the words" forty-four hours" where such words first appear in the said para- graph are repealed and the words" forty hours" are inserted in lieu of such repealed words. (ti.) In the said paragraph (a) all words from and including the words "except in those callings where a short day" to and including the words " six consecutive days" are repealed and the words "except in those callings where an industrial union of employees and an employer or association or union of employers otherwise agree" are inserted in lieu of such repealed words. ... 23 G. 5 No. 36 and amending Acts.

116 LABOUR. Industrial Conciliation, Etc., Act. 11 GEO. VI. No. 27, Date of 3. The amendments of the Principal Act made by c ~ o e m n , t m o . f en s c . e- 2 section two of this Act shall come into operation on and provi- the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred sviaorniaftoior n of and forty-eight, but the Court shall before that date existing vary and amend every award or industrial agreement in awards; force at the passing of this Act which provides that the ordinary working hours of any employees subject thereto shall not exceed forty-four in anyone week- (i.) To provide that, on and from such date, such hours shall not exceed forty in anyone week; and (ii.) Otherwise as the Court shall deem necessary or expedient by reason of the reduction of such hours from forty-four to forty. Variations and amendments as aforesaid shall be made by the Court so that the amount of wages payable to any employee shall not be reduced by reason only that his ordinary working hours in anyone week are reduced from forty-four to forty. Moreover where the Court is, as respects any award in foree at the passing of this Act which provides that the ordinary working hours of any employees subject thereto shall not exceed forty in anyone week, satisfied that the wages payable to such employees were proportionately reduced when their ordinary working hours in anyone week were reduced· (whether by such award or by a prior award) from forty-four to forty, the Court shall vary and amend such award to provide that such wages shall on and from the first day of ,January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, be increased to the amount of wages payable to any other employees subjeet to such award whose ordinary working hours in anyone week will be reduced from forty-four to forty on and from such date. Amendm.ents 4. Section lOA of the Principal Act is amended as of s. lOA. follows : - (a) In paragraph (i.) of subsection four thereof the words" terminated by the employer" are repealed and the words "terminated whether by the employer or by the employee" are inserted in lieu of such repealed words; the said paragraph (i.) is further amended by adding the words "and also his ordinary pay for any statutory holiday occurring during such period".

LABOUR. 117 1947. Industrial Conciliation, Etc., Act. (b) In subparagraph (a) of paragraph (ii.) of sub- section four thereof the words "and more than four weeks" are repealed. (c) Subsection five thereof is amended by inserting the words" subsections one to four, both inclusive, of" before the words" this section". (d) The following paragraph is added to subsection seven thereof, namely ;- " (v.) Employment during the period of twelve months next preceding the date of the passing of *" The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Amendment Act of 1946" by an employer of an employee who commenced such employment before such date shall be, .and it is hereby declared always was to be, taken into account for the purpose of calculating time absent through illness for which such employee is entitled to be paid by such employer under the provisions of this subsection." 5. Section 21A of the Principal Act is amended as Amendments follows ;- of s. 21A. (a) In the first paragraph of subsection one thereof the word "and" is repealed where such word appears immediately after the word "registrar" and the word " or " is inserted in lieu of such repealed word; the said first paragraph is further amended by repealing the word " also". (b) The following subparagraph is inserted after subparagraph (ii.) of the first paragraph of subsection three thereof, namely ;- "or (iii.) Take such other action as it deems necessary or expedient in," (c) The following subsection is added to the said section, namely ;- " (6.) The provisions of this section shall be read and construed so as not to limit the operation and effect of any provision of an award conferring or imposing any power or duty upon an industrial magistrate." * 11 G. 6 No. 21.