Trade Disputes Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1892 (NSW)

112 No. 29. 55° VIC. 1892.

Trade Disjmies Conciliation and Arbitration (No. 2).

No. XXIX.

cw”™ ™ Xii Act to provide for tlie estal)lisliment of

Arbitration Couiicils of Coiiciliatioii aiid of Arbiti’atiOil for the settlement of Industrial Disputes. [3\st d/«re^,1892.]

Preamble.	TTTIIER EA S it is believed that tlic establisliment of Councils of
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Conciliation and of Arbitration for the settlement of disputes between employers and employees would conduce to the cultivation and maintenance of better relations, and more active sympatliies, between employers and their employees, and would be ol' great benefit, in the public interest, by providing simple methods for the prevention of strikes, and other disputes, from tlic effects of wliicli industrial operations may suffer serious and lasting injury, and the welfare and peaceful government of the country be imperilled : Ec it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and ivitb the advice and consent of the Legislative Couneil and Legislative Assembly of New South 'Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

iEstahliahment of Industrial Dislricts, fc .

Industrial Districts,	1. The Governor shall, within three months after the ])assiiig of this Act, cause New South IVales to be divided into Industrial Districts for the purposes of this Act, not exceeding five in nnm her; or, at his discretion, instead of so dividing the Colony, he may treat it as one Industrial Eistriet for the said purposes. If the Colony shall he divided into Industrial Districts, every such District shall he notified in the Gazelle-, and in the notification shall be specified the designation and the limits of such District. Ey a like notification the Governor may aholish, alter, subdivide or modify the houndaries of any such District, or unite any two or more Districts, and may, from time to time and in like manner, exercise any of the said powers, as he may think fit.
&c.
Office of Clerk of	2. In and for every Industrial District, or in and for the Colony (if undivided into Districts), there shall be a Clerk of Awards who shall be appointed by the Governor, and be paid such salaiy or remuneration as Parliament may provide. Tlu; position of Clerk of Awards may be held separately, or in conjunction with any other position in the Public Service, as the Governor may determine. The Clerk of Awards shall, in the prescribed manner, rc^portto the President of the Council of Arhitration all proceedings and matters commenced, taken, or done, by or before him, and shall be provided with an office.
Awarclii
Duties, &c., of Clerk	d- I t shall bc thc duty of the Clerk of Awards to receive and rcgistci’, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, to deal with all applications within his District lodged by employers or employees, or on their behalf, for reference to the Council of Conciliation for the District, or to the Council of Arbitration, of any dispute or claim within the meaning of this A ct; to convene any such Council for the purpose of dealing with any such dispute or claim ; to keep a Eegister in n hicli shall be entered the particulars of all references and settlements of disputes and claims made to and by the Council of Conciliation, and of all references and awards made to and hy the Council of Arbitration ; and uencrally to do all such things and take all
of Awards.

such

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sucli proceedings as may be required in tlic performance of bis duties in accordance witli tbc Eegulations. Tlie Clerk of Awards shall be the officer to issne all summonses to Avitnesses to attend to give evidence, Avitb or Avitliout the production of papers and documents, before any such Council, and to issue all notices and perforin all other acts in connection Avitb the sittings of such Council in the prescribed manner.

Councils o f Conciliation. .

d. In and for every Industrial District there shall bc a Council Esiabiishmcnt of

of Conciliation for the settlement of disputes and claims jiursuant to condikUoL District; and cacli such organisation or majority as aforesaid is here­ inafter referred to as a Itecoinmcnding xVutliority. If, and so long as, the Colony shall not be divided into Industrial Districts, tlicre shall bc

this Act, Avliicli Council shall consist of four members, tivo to be

appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the organisation,

or a majority of the organisations representing tlie interests of

employees and registered according to the laiv regulating the registra­

tion of Trade Unions or Driendly Societies nliicli have a registered

office or offices Avitbin such district, and tAvo to bc appointed by him

on tbc recommendation of the organisation or a majority of the

organisations representing the interests of employers and registered

according to the kiAv regulating the registration of Trade Unions or

a Council of Conciliation for the aaI io I c Colony, Avliicli shall consist of

not fcAver than tAvelvc nor more than eighteen members ; and of tbc entire number (Avbicli shall in CA'cry case be some number divisible by tAvo) one half shall be ajipointed by the Governor on the recommenda­ tion of each of the several Eccommending Authorities.

The procedure for the purposes of making out lists of such organisations and of ascertaining and giving effect to the recommen­ dations of such Eecommending Authorities shall be prescribed by regulations to be made pursuant to this A c t: Provided that if and so long as the Colony is not divided into Industrial Districts, such regu­ lations shall bc so framed as to provide, as far as may be practicable, that the Council of Conciliation appointed for the Avhole Colony shall be fairly representatUe of all large centres of industry in thc Colony.

(i)  As soon as practicable after a full Council shall haÂe been appointed for any District, or for the entire Colony (as thc case may be), thc names of the members of sucli Council shall bc notified in the Gazette hy the Minister.

(ii)  The names and addresses of CA'ery member of a Council of Conciliation shall bc registered in the prescribed manner, and tbc register of such names and addresses shall be open to the inspection of any person during office hours, Avithout payment of any fee.

5. (i) The appointment for any District, or for the entire Colony, Special Councils of

of a Council of Conciliation under the provisions hereinbefore contained, Conciliation,

shall not prevent the appointment, from time to time, as occasion may

require, of a Council of four Conciliators, tAvo by each party to any

dispute or claim, by or on bebalf of any employer or the employees of

any employer, for the purpose of dealing specially Avith any reference

of such dispute or claim. And the members of any sucb Council

sball, for all purposes of this Act, except in respect of tlie duration of

tbeir office, be deemed to be and to possess all tbc poAvers and to bc

entitled to the remuneration of members of a Council of Conciliation

appointed as hereinbefore provided.

(ii) If in any ease tbcrc bc no Council of Conciliation

appointed by thc GoAOiruor, pursuant to recommendation under this

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Act, or none available for ilic ])urposc of dcalino- with any (lis})ute or claim within thc moaning of this Act, and if cither ])arty to such dispute or claim so desires tlie disjnite or claim sh.all he referred to Conciliators for settlement, and a Council of four Conciliators a])poiuted hy hoth parties, two lueinhcrs of such Couneil hein^- selected hy each party, shall he a Couneil of Conciliation for all purposes of this Act as afore­ said ; Provided that any ajipointmcnts undc'r this section shall not tahe elfect until after tlu' <a[)proval thereof hy the Governor.

Keniuncration uF	(). Jiverv memlier of anv sneh Council of Conciliation whilst	1	«
nieiiibers of Council

of Conciliation.	emjau'cd in the adjustment of any disjmte shall he remunerated for his services in a manner and aeeordinc; to a scale of payment to he iixed and provided for hy Parliament.
Puration of ofTico of
r^fember of Council	7. The duration of the ofilec of a, meniher of a Conueil of Con­ ciliation shall, cxec])t in the ca^e of memhers ajipointed under section live of this Act, he two years, at thc end of which teian and of every successive term of two ycau's, a fresh appointimmt of nunnhers shall he made hy thc Governc)r upon recommendation pursuant to section four of this Act. Any jierson ^vho has held olTict' as a memher of such Council shall, if duly recommciuh'd, In' cligihlc for reajipointment.
of Coaciliati.-ii.
Kxlraorlimiry
Viicuncios.	8. .Vn\' A'acancy in such Council arisini;’ fhi'oui^h the death or resignation of any memher tlu'reof, shall he tilled hy the Governor, upon recommendation made jiur-uant to thc jirovisions of section four of this Act.
Certain disabililie.-*.	9. If any memher of such Council shall he disahled from illness or other cause from attending to his duties as such memher, the GoA'crnor, on thc recommendation of the proper llecommending Authorities, may apjioint a jierson to act iii his jihua' for thc period of such disability. And such jierson shall, upon such ajipointmont, he deemed for all jnirposes of this Act to he a memher of such Council during such period.
Council ill certain
cases.	10. If a Council of Conciliation shall he appointed for the entire Colony, the parties to any reference to a Council of Conciliation may each select two memhers of such Council, so that the Couneil to deal Avith such reference shall consist of four persons, or, at their discretion, ]nay each appoint two persons, not hc'ing memhers of such tirst- mentioned Couneil appointed jnirsuant to section four of this A c t; and every such Council so ajipointed shall have the jiowers and he entitled to the remuiiera.tion hen'iuhefore mentioned.

D l•0(̂ (’<larc fu r CuncUiatiun.

Uow ciisimte?, Xc., n . Auy iHsputc 0 1 ' claiiii within the meaning of this Act may

referred to Council i ̂ i x* j.i.i i i £• x't *i * i * *

of Conciliation. rcieiTcd 101* ^ottleiuont to :i Couucil ot CoiicJliatioii m nuinncr

folloAving;—

(i)   The parties to sudi disjmte or claim may jointly agree, in the prescribed manner, to refer such disputi' or claim for settlement to a Council of Conciliation.

■	(u)	liither party to such dispute or claim may, in the jirescrilK'd manner, lodge an ajiplication Avith the Clerk of AAvards requesting that such dispute or claim h(> rcfei'red for settlement to a Council of Conciliation.
(ill)	Either jiarty to a dîĵiuti' or claim may, fur the jiurjioses of this Act, he rcjiresented hy one or more jicrsons (not ('xcceding three) authorized in Avriling hy sueh party to rejArcsent him or them, and shall he hound hy the aets of every such reprcs('ntati\'c or ]•epresentaliv('s. ..Vnd Avhere the persons inti'restcd in any such dispute or claim, as a Jiarty, number more than twenty, they may apjioint or elect, in such maniu'r as they may think jiropcr, any one or more

jiersons

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persons (not exccedim, ̂ three) to represent tliem as aforesaid. And sueli persoir or ])er.sons ]nay be designated tlic Manager, or Managers, of thc ease'.

(iv)  The Clerk of xiwards, on receij)t of any such agreement or apjdieation for a reference to a Council of Conciliation, shall I'ortlnvith lay ilio .same before the Council mentioned in sueh agreement or a])]>licatiou at a meeting of such Council to be coirreiK'd by him in thc jirescribcd manner, and, subject to tlic jiroA'isions of this Act and the regulatioiis, shall carry out all directions of t1ic said Council in order to elfect a setthnnent of the disjmte or claim irderred to it.

(v)  The Clerk of Arvards shall transmit a report of thc result of every such reference, certitied under the hands of the members of the Council of Conciliation, together Avith all jiapcrs relating to the relVvence, to the President of thc Council of Arbitration, Avhich report and papi'rs shall bc tiled of record by suck President.

12.   If the Council of Conciliation shall, by Avriting signed by thc Council lo report

members tbercof, report to thc Clerk of AAvards that tliey have been

unable to bring about any settlement or adjustment of auy disjmte or upon ciihe’r pmy

(daim refem'd to them satisfactory to thc parties thereto [and it shall be

thc duty of such t'ouncil in CA'cry such case to make sueh report], thc

Clerk of AAA ards on the receijit of such report shall transmit a copy

(cmtified by bim) of such report to each party to thc dispute or claim,

Avhereupon (dtlu'r party may, in thc prescribed manner, require the

Ch'i'k of Arvards to refer tlie said dispute or claim to the Council of

Arbitration for settlement by award. The Clerk of AA\ards shall

1 hereupon transmit all the papers in the reference to thc President of

tlic Council of Arbitration in the prescribed manner.

Thc Council o f Arbitration.

13. There shall be one Council of Arbitration for the settlement Kuabioiimcni of

by aAvard of disputes and claims pursuant to this Act. Such Council mCtratiou.

shall consist of three members, one to be appointed l)y the Governor on the recommendation of thc llecommending Authority iji the fourth section of this Act desciibcd r('j)rescnting thc employees, and one to be appointed by him on the recommendation of thc llccoAiimcnding Authority in thc said fourth section described representing tbe enqdoycrs, and, iji each ca.se, in accordance Avith thc regulations to be made in pursuanee of tins Act. Thc third member, Avho shall be the President of the Council, shall be apjiointed in manner folloAving, namely :—The tAVo members so appointed may, aaithin tAventy-one (lays after their appointment, sidnnit to thc j\rinistcr thc name of some impartial person for thc position of President. And in case of failure so to do on thc part of the said tAVo members, then thc Governor shall appoint as President an impartial person not personally connected Avith or interested in any trade or industry, or likely by reason of bis former occupation, business, A'oeation, or other influence, to bc biased in favour of, or against, employers or employees. As soon as j)racticablc after a full Council shall have been appointed by thc Governor, the names of thc members of thc Council of Arbitration so appointed sball bc notified in the Gazette by the Minister.

14. Every member of the Council of Arbitration, shall bc rc- Remuneration of

munerated for his sendees in such manner and acccordin.g to such

ArMh-aUô !'̂ '"̂ ̂

rate of payment as thc Governor shall appoint, but sultject to Parlia­

mentary provision being made therefor.

15.    (i) Thc term of office of a member of such Council shall be Duration, tomn-c,and

\wo years; at the end oi ivliieh tenii, and oi: every successive term ot eouncii Iaâo years a fresh ajtpointmcid of members shall be made pursuaul to-ti-titratiou, &c.

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(ii) Every iiK'nihcr of sucli Council sliall lie eligible after the expiry or other tcrniiuatioii of liis term of office for re-appoint­ ment for a like tcuan.

(ill) If the Prc'siilcnt of such Council shall he declared a bankrupt, or shall make a composition ivitli his creditors, or make an assignment of his property or salary for the benefit of his creditors, he shall bc deemed thereby to have vacated his office of President.

( t v ) The President shall hold olficc during ability and good

behaviour subject to the limitation of thc term of office herein declared.

(v) Thc President shall not engage during his term of olfice

in any employment outside the duties of such office.

Vacancies,

(Usabilities, &c.	10. (i) Any vacancy in such Council arising through the death, resignation, or discpialification of any member thereof, shall be filled liy thc Governor for the term of office, or the residue of such term (as the case may bc), iii accordance vitli the respective methods prescribed by tliis Act.
(n) Thc Governor may appoint a person to hi' Acting President of thc Council of Arbitration in case the President of such Council shall bc unable to act as such from illness or other temporary disability ; And such Acting President shall upon such a])])ointmcnt have all the powers and perform all thc duties conferred and imposed by this Act upon the President.

(ill)    If any member of such Council otherthan thc President

shall, from illness or from any other disability howsoever arising, be unaldc to pi'rform the duties of his olfice in respect to any dispute or claim hereunder, the parties thereto may consent, in writing under their respective hands, to the ap])ointment, by the Governor, of a member to act for and in the place of the member during such disability ; and the Governor may ap])oint the person so nominated, who shall thereupon bc deemed a memlier of sucli Council for all purposes relating to such dispute or claim, and to thc hearing and determination thereof.

Members of Council

of Conciliation may	17. In any case Avherc the Council of Conciliation has, ujion a bring about a settlement or adjustment of the same; and thereupon, such dispute or claim has, pursuant to the ]irovisions hereinbefore contained, been referred to the Council of Arhitration for its award, it shall bc lawful for thc members of such Council of Conciliation, subject to the consent in writing of both parties to the said dispute or claim having been first obtained, to sit as assessors upon such refer­ ence to thc Council of Arbitration, two members of the Council of Conciliation on behalf of each such party ; Provided always that no such assessor shall take any part in thc hearing or determination of the reference, otlii'r than as an assessor sitting to inform the Council of Ai’bitration when called u]ion to do so, and that no such member sitting as an assessor shall be entitled to more than half fees for so sitting.
sit as assessors to	reference to it of any dispute or claim under this Act, been unable to
Councirof Arbitra­
tion.
Rofercncos to Arbi­

tration, bow made, 18. Any dispute or claim within tlii' meaning of this Act may

&c.

bc referred to thc Council of Arbitration for its hearing and deter­

mination in any of the following ways :—-

(i)   On application in thc prescribed manner to the Clerk of Awards by either party to a dispute or claim Avliich, having been referred to a Council of Conciliation, has not been settled or adjusted by such Council.

(ii)   On application in like manner to the Clerk of .kwards by both parties to a disjuite or claim A\-ithin the meaning of this Act, Avliich has no1 liei'ii so refi'rred as aforc.said.

Provided tliat if the aivard of Ihe Council of Arbitration sliall not be complied with or carried out by the parties to any dispute or claim as aforesaid, or for any reason shall have provi'd abortive, tlie jiarties to the reference or cither of thi'iii shall not thereliy be precluded from

referring

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referring the same to thc Council of Conciliation, or from mahing a second reference to such Council ndierc a former reference has already hecn made to it.

19. The Council of Arhitration shall sit and conduct its Council of Arbin-a-

proceedings as in open Court, and in making its decisions sliall he

goTcrncd as far as pi-aeticahlc hy the principles of equity and good

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conscience. Thc President shall, for the purpose of preserving order during any sitting of the Council, have all the powers of a Judge of a Superior Court of llccord : Provided that no party to any proceedings either before the Conueil of Conciliation or thc Council of _;Vrhitration shall he represented hy Counsel or Attorney or hy any paid agent other than one or more of the persons hetween whom thc dispute or claim has arisen.

20. Thc aAvard of thc Council of Arhitration shall he made Award, iiow lo bo

hy thc President Ai ithin one month after such Council shall have completed its sittings for thc hearing of any reference, and shall ho

hy and under the hands of a majority of the memhers of the Council, and thc official seal of thc Council shall he attached thereto. Every such award shall he ])uhlished in the Gazette, and in one or more ncAVspnpers circulating in the Industrial District Avithin Avhich the claim or dispute, the suhjcct of such aArard, arose. A copy of the

aAvard, certitied undc'r the hand of the President of the said Council,

shall he deposited in the ofTice of the said Council and also of the Piogistrar of Trade Unions, and shall he open to inspection Avithout charge during office hours.

21. Either party lo a reh'rencc to thc Council of Arhitration wben award may be

may, at any time hcd'orc aA\ ard made, hy Avriting under thc hands

of such party in thc prescrihed manner, agree to he hound hy the aAvard of the Council upon such reference in the same manmu' as parties are hound upon an aAvard made pursuant to a reference to Arhitration or thc order of the Su])renie Court or of any Judge thereof. Every agreement so to he hound shall he laid before the other party to the rc'fercncc hy thc Clerk of AAvards, and if such other party also agree iii like manner to he hound hy the said aAvard, then the said aAvard may he made a Pule of thc Supreme Court on thc application of cither party.

Genercd and 3Liscetluneous Provisions.

22. (i) I t shall he hiAvful for a Council of Conciliation, and Enrorcinsattendance

such Council is hcrchy authorized and required hy its Clerk

of AAvards, or any menihor of such Council, at the request in writing of any of the jiarties, and for thc President of thc Council of Arhitration, to summon any Avitness or Avitnesses to appear and g i\e CA'idcnce on oath or atlirmation as may he necessary heforc such Council, respectively, at ttic time and place appointed for hearing and determining any dis])utc or claim under this Act (ndiicli time and place shall he sped lied in thc summons) ; and if any person so summoned shall not appear heforc such Council at the time and place spcciticd in such summons, or give some rcasonahlc excns(> for the default, or, appearing according to snch summons, shall not suhmit to he examined as a Avitness, and give evidence heforc such Council touching the matter of such dispute or claim, proAudc'd rcasonahlc travelling expenses have heen tendered to such Avitiress hy the party at AA'hosc instance the summons is issued, then it sliall he lawful i'or any Justice of the Pcac(', and lie is hereby authorized (proof on oath, in the case of any person not apjiearing according to such summons, having been first made before sucli Justice of the due service of such summons on every such person hy delivering the same to him, or hy leaving thc same at the usual place of abode of such person), hy warrant under thc hands of any such Justice, to commit any such

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person so making-default in appearing, or apjK-aring and refusing to give evidence, to some prison or place of detention for any time not exceeding two calendar montks, or until sncli person sliall snlnnit himself to bc examim-d and give his evidence heforc such Council as aforesaid; provided, always, that in case snch disjuite or claim shall ho heard and deti-rmined before such olfendor shall suhmit to he examined and givi- evidence as aforesaid, then .suc;i olfender may he imprisoircd for thc full term of snch commitment.

Powers of onlry for . . ( i i ) I t shall he lawful for a Council of Conciliation, and for

purpose 0

Couiicil of Arbitration, and for any member of any such Council

without any other warrant than this Act, at anytime to enter upon any

manufactory, building, workshop, factory, mim-, mine workings, shed or

■ premises of any kind whatsoever, wlieroin or in respect of which any ivork is being, or has hec-n done, or commenced, or any matter or thing is taking or has taken ])laee, 'which has heen inadc the subject of a reference to such Council; and to inspect and view any -work, material, machinery, appliances, matti-r or thing whatsoever being in such manufactory, building, workshop, factory, mine, mine ■workings, shed, or premises. And any jierson ivho shall hinder or obstruct any other person in the exercise of any ]'>ower conferred on such last-mentioned pc-rson hy this section, or who shall refuse to such person entrance during any such time as aforesaid to any such manutiictory, building, Avorkshoj), factory, mine, mine workings, slu-d, or i)remises, shall for every such offence incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds, to he recovered in a summary ivay before any Stipendiary or Police klagistrate.

Clainis and disputes	23.	A claim or dispute under this Act shall include any matter
explained.

as to which there is a disagreement hetAveen any employi'r and his

cmjiloyecs respecting.—

([) The price to he ])aid for Avork done, or in course of heirig done, AA'hether such disagreement shall have arisi-n Avith respect to Avages as agreed upon, or the hours or limes of Avorkiug as agreed u]ion.

( it) Damage allege:! to have heen done to the Avork, delay in finishing thc sann-, not finishing tin- same in a good and Avorkmanlike manner, or according to agreement, or Avith respect to mali-rials supplied to cmploye.'s and alh-ged to he had, or unlit, or unsuitable.

(ill) Thc price to he paid for Avinning any mineral or substance mined, or obtained hy mining, hcAA'ing, ([uarrying, or other process ; the alloAvances, if any, to ho made for hands, refuse, faults, or other causes Avhorehy the mining of tlie mineral or substance is im})cded.

(iv)  Thc performance or non-])erformance of any slijiulation or matter alleged to have lieen embodied in auy agrei'inent AA'hether in Avi'iting or nog.

(v)  Insufficient or uuAvholesomc food supplied to employees Avherc there is an agreement to victual them, or to sirpply them

Avitli provisions or stores of any kind.

(vr) Ill-ventilatcd, or dangerous AAorkings, or plices in mines, or unAA'liolesomc or insanitary rooms, or other phices of accom­ modation, in Avhicli Avork is being -[K-rformed, or A\ant of necessary couACiiienccs in connection Aviih such rooms or places.

(vii) Any established custom, or usage of any industry, employ­ ment, or District.

(viii) Thc dismissal or employment under agreement of any employees or number of cmyloyees.

ProvisioDS as (o

parlies and repro* 21. No claim or dispute shall he the subject of conciliation

sentatives. or arhitration und,er this Act, in any case in Avhich tlu- emydoyees

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nd'eeU'd by sueb ciaiiii oi' dispute' sliall ba Tcmti’ in juunbai' than len. And in a very case I’c la t‘r ad bin Comicil of Arbitral ion, suen Council shall have pmror lo require any parly to the claim or dispnte so reterivd to name not more t !iau thrcf ̂ persons, who iqion their eon sort in writing, shall I'or all purposes of tise rebu'cnee be tahen to rcqiresent sueli party.

d5, Tlie (lovernor may make regulations for the purpose ol’ gi\'ing ell’eet to any nl‘ the in’ovisitms or requirements of this Act. ..Vnd all such regulations not being inconsistent with tiiis Act shall liavt' the full elfect of law on publication in the Gazelle. Cvt'ry sueh regula­ tion shall he laid before Parliament witliin fourteem days after it has heen ]mhlished in the Gazelle, if Parliament he then in Session; hut if not, or if Parliament be in recess, then such regulation shall he laid before it, within fourteen days from the date of Ihe tirsi day of the ensuing Session or reasseuihling of Parliament.

20. All ('X]ien.ses eonneeted witli the administration of this Act i'Up(-nsf>n i.r Art,

not hereinbefore provided for, exeltisive of the expenses of the parties '"C'

and witnesses cniicernod in any disjude or matter rebirred either to a

(Jonucil of Conciliation or the (Jouneil of Arhitration, shall he defrayed

fi’om such annual appropriations as Parliament shall make in that hehalf.

27. In the const ruction and for thc ]mrpo.ses of this Act, thci''a'i']).vi:ii,iitn of

('xqiression “ Governor ” means GoA'cnior Avith the advice of the Plxeeufive C'ouncil; “ ^Minister” means the responsilile I\Unister charged Avith tlie administratioii of this A ct; prcst'ribed ” means ]n‘escribcd by any IPtgulation made under this Act.

2S. d his Act may bc cited for all puiqinses as the “ '.iVade s.iouliiir.

Dispub's Conciliation and Arbitral ion Act, lb02,” and .shall contimie in force for four years from the commeneeinent tliereof and no longeix