Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act 1910 (NSW)

Act No. 5, 1910.

An Act to amend the Industrial Disputes Act, 1908, the Industrial Disputes Amendment Act, 1908, and the Industrial Disputes

(Amendment) Act, 1909; and for other pur­

poses, [9th August, 1910.]

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

1 .     This Act may be cited as the " Industrial Disputes (Amend­

ment) Act, 1910 ."

2.    In this Act, " Principal A c t " means the Industrial Disputes

Act, 1908.

Any reference to a section or subsection of the Principal Act shall be construed as a reference to the section or subsection as amended by the Industrial Disputes Amendment Act, 1908, the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1909, and this Act.

3 .     Section forty-five of the Principal Act is amended by adding

the following subsection at the end of the section :—

(2) The said court may order that any procBedings for an

offence against section forty-thrBe, or for an order under section

forty-one, be remitted to a stipendiary or police magistrate, or the registrar, to be heard and determined by him in a summary way in petty sessions, and for the purposes of this section the registrar may do alone whatever may be done by two or more

such petty sessions or by the registrar.

justices sitting in petty sessions. Such person shall have juris­

diction within any police district, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in any other Act. Such order may be made on the application of either of the parties or on the initiative of the said court.

On such order being made, all documents in the said court relating to such procBedings shall be lodged with the clerk of such petty sessions or with the registrar, and notice of the day and place of hearing shall be given to the parties by the clerk of

4 . Section fifty-eight of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words " i f he has reasonable grounds to suspect that the employer in such industry is not complying with such award or agreement" ; and is further amended by inserting at the end of subsection one the following paragraphs :—

(d)	lie may examine any employee in such industry as to the prices for piece-work and the rate of wages paid to him, and as to his hours of work as such employee.
(e)	lie may, on obtaining the authority of the registrar, institute

procBedings for penalties under section forty-thrBe.