Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 80

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT 1928-1929.*

I, THE Deputy of the GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Transport Workers Act 1928-1929.

Dated this Seventeenth day of June , 1936.

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Acting Attorney-General.

 

Amendments of the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations.

Application.

1. Regulation 3 of the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) These Regulations shall not apply on any ship which is not engaged in trade or commerce with another country or among the States.”.

2. After regulation 9 of the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Surrender of licences.

“9a. At any time within thirty-one days before the expiry of the term of a licence, the holder thereof may, on application to the Licensing Officer at the port at which the licence was issued, surrender the licence, and the fee of one shilling paid upon the application for that licence shall be refunded to him.”.

Endorsement of preferences.

3. Regulation 14dof the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.) the word “and”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (2.) the words “a term of two months’ employment on any such vessel,”, and inserting in their stead the words “at least two months’ employment, in the aggregate, on any such vessel or vessels; and”;

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1936.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 125, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1936, Nos. 20, 35 and 53.

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(c) by inserting after paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2.) the following paragraph:—

“(c) has not, in respect of that employment, or any part of that employment, received a certificate of discharge from his ship endorsed less favorably than ‘V.G.’ (Very Good) for conduct and for ability,”; and

(d) by inserting after sub-regulation (5.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(6.) Where a licence has been endorsed in pursuance of this regulation, the endorsement shall not be cancelled or altered by the Licensing Officer except in accordance with regulation 14f of these Regulations”

Order of preference in engagement of seamen.

4. Regulation 14lof the Transport Workers (Seamen) Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(1a.) Where a vessel—

(a) changes articles at the termination of the agreement with the crew; or

(b) is re-commissioned after being laid up,

at a port other than the port at which the agreement with the crew was entered into, and the master enters into a new agreement with the crew, a seaman who—

(c) was a member of the crew of that vessel immediately prior to the change of articles or laying up;

(d) is the holder of a current licence; and

(e) desires to re-engage under the new agreement,

may, notwithstanding the provisions of the last preceding sub-regulation, be engaged on that vessel in priority to other seamen.”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.