NAVIGATION.
No. 46 of 1956.
An Act to amend the Navigation
Act 1912–1953.
[Assented to 30th. June, 1956.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as
the Navigation Act 1956.
(2.) The Navigation
Act 1912–1953 is in this Act
referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The
Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Navigation Act 1912–1956.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into
operation on the date fixed under sub-section (2.)
of section two of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1956.
Parts.
3.Section five of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Part Xa.—Industrial Matters, ss. 405a–405q.”.
Appeal against refusal of
superintendent.
4. Section forty-five b of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the
words “Court of Conciliation and Arbitration” and inserting in their stead the
words “Conciliation and Arbitration Commission”;
(b) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the
word “Court” and inserting in its stead the word “Commission”;
(c) by omitting sub-section (4.) and
inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—
“(4.) The powers of the Commission under this
section shall be exercised by the President or a Deputy President of the Commission.”;
and
(d) by omitting from sub-section (5.) the
word “Court” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word
“Commission”.
Application of Division.
5.Section one hundred and
thirty-five of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “by virtue of
Part Xa. of this Act” and
inserting in their stead the words “under Division 2 of Part III. of the Conciliation
and Arbitration Act 1904–1956”.
6.Section
two hundred and ninety-two of the Principal Act is repealed and the following
section inserted in its stead:—
Evidence of rates of wages.
“292. An award under the Conciliation
and Arbitration Act 1904–1956 which is binding on or applicable to seamen
employed in the coasting trade, or a certificate of the Industrial Registrar or
a Deputy Industrial Registrar holding office under that Act certifying what are
the rates of wages ruling in Australia for seamen employed in any part of the
coasting trade, shall be prima facie evidence of those rates of wages.”.
Repeal of Part Xa.
7.