Inspection of Machinery Act Amendment Act 1957 (WA)

No. 39.] Inspection of Machinery. [1957.

INSPECTION OF MACHINERY.

6° Elizabeth IL, No. XXXIX.

No. 39 of 1957.

AN ACT to amend the Inspection of Machinery

Act, 1921-1956.

[Assented to 22nd November, 1957.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Inspection

of Machinery Act Amendment Act, 1957.

1957.] Inspection of Machinery. [No. 39.

(2) In this Act the Inspection of Machinery Act, 142 ri 101 toef The

1921-1956, ARcetpsr.inted

Act No. 11 of 1922 as reprinted with amendments fririgt, by Act No. 23 of 1956,

to and including Act No. 55 of 1954 incorporated 1956.

pursuant to the provisions of the Amendments

is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1921-1957.

2. Section fifty-nine of the principal Act is --,nded.

amended

(a)	by adding after the figures, "1945" in line five of subsection (2), the passage, "or a person approved pursuant to subsection (2a) of this section";
(b)	by substituting for the word, "as" in line seven of subsection (2), the word, "of"; and
(c)	by adding after subsection (2) the following subsection:—

(2a) Where a person satisfies the

Board

(a)

that his knowledge of the Eng- lish language is sufficient to enable him to perform the duties required of a holder of a certi- ficate under this Act; and

(b)

that he has migrated to Austra- lia; and

(c)

Nationality and Citizenship Act, =la,

1948, of the Commonwealth Par- gcli,tit,;m.,

liament or any Act enacted by MIgitn

that Parliament in amendment Parliament'

that the time prescribed by the ?tosfsig and as the earliest time at which he

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may make application for the grant of a certificate of registra- tion or naturalisation as an Australian citizen has not expired;

the Board may approve him as an applicant for a certificate under this Act notwithstanding that he is not a British subject or is not an ex-Serviceman or is not a worker referred to in subsection (2) of this section; but the Board may cancel any certifi- cate issued to him under this Act,

if he has not made application for a grant of a certificate of registration or naturalisation as an Australian citizen under that Act as soon is is practicable; or

if having made application for such a grant,

his application has been refused; or

Cf. ss. 17-23

of the

if having been granted such a certificate of

Nationality

and Citizen-

registration or naturalisation, he has ceased to

ship Act,

1948, as am.,

be an Australian citizen.

of the

C'wealth

Parliament.