Unemployed Workers Insurance Act Amendment Act of 1927 (18 Geo v No. 6) (Qld)

LABOUR. 11945 18 GEO. V. No. 6, 1927. Unemployed Workers Insurance, Etc., Act. The following provision is inserted after the words "transfer is effected" in the said subsection four, namely:- "Provided that in the event of the transfer form not having been so completed within the time herein specified, the transfer of an indenture shall be deemed to have been duly made, as on the date on which the transfer is effected, as fully and effectually as though the transfer form had been duly completed within the time specified." (viii.) In section thirty, the words "Director ofsection 30. Labour" are repealed and the words "Chairman of the Executive" are inserted in lieu thereof. (ix.) In section thirty-five, the words "Director of Section 35. Labour" are repealed and the words "Secretary of the Executive"are inserted in lieu thereof. 3. AlI'regulations made under and pursuant to the Ratification at pJ;'ovisions of *" The Apprenticeship Act 1924," and o~ I t' DB in force at the passing of "The Apprenticeship Act egu a 10 • Amendment Act of 1927," are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed, and shall be and continue in force until superseded or amended by other regulations duly made. .An Act to Amend "The Unemployed Workers 18 Gea. v. Insurance Act of1922" in certain particulars. TH: ~ : ~ M' [ASSENTED TO 26TH NOVEMBER, ,1927. ] PLOYED WORKERS INSURA...'WE B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, AME~ ~ : ENT' by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- ACT OF 1927. lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Unemployed Short title Workers Insurance Act Amendment Act of 1927," and~ ~ ! truction shall be read as one with t"The Unemployed Worlcersof Act. at I nsurance Act 1922," hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act. * 15 Geo. V. No. 12, supra, page 11032. t 13 Geo. V. No. 28, 8upra, page 10073.

11946 LABOUR. Unem,ployed 'Workers InsHramcc, Etc., Act. 18 GEO. Y. No. 6, This Act and the Principal Act may together be cited as "The Unemployed Worket's Insurance Acts, 1922 to 1927." Amend· ments of the Principal Act. 2. The Principal Act is hereby amended as follows : - Amendment (i.) Section two of the Principal Act is amended as of s. 2. follows :_ In the definition of "Director of Labour" in the said section, all words from and including " the term" to the end of the said definition are repealed and the following words are inserted in lieu thereof :-" the term, where necessary, includes any officer deputed fqr the time being to act for the Director of Labour." In the definition of "Worker" in the said section, all words from and including "Where a contract to perform any work" to the end of the said definition are repealed. (ii.) After section five of the Principal' Act the following new section is inserted:- Workers "[5A.J (1.) Subject to this Act, every employer who e o mth e P r l w o~ ls e e d employs any workers over ei ~ ghtee • n years of age whose than under rate of wages, salary, or allowance IS fixed by any contract ? , nda~ a~ ~ or or agreement or any award or industrial agreement other ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~ t than an award or industrial agreement as defined by this ~ ~ ~ ~ fsnl~ t. Act, shall be liable to pay contributions to the fund in respect of each such worker. Such contribution by such employer shall be computed at a rate in respect of each such worker to be fixed at double the rate of employer's contribution payable by an employer under this Act in respect of any worker over eighteen years of age whose rate of wages, salary, o.r allowance is fixed by an award or industrial agreement as defined by this Act: Provided that such employer shall be entitled to be paid by each such worker an amount calculated at one-half of such contribution paid, as set out in the last preceding paragraph, by such employer to the fund, and the amount so payable by each such worker to such employer shall be and constitute a debt due from each such worker to such employer: Provided also that if at the time of the payment of wages to such worker such debt or any such debts due from such worker to such employer has or have not been discharged, the Director of Labour shall file a

LC\BOUR. JIg47 1927. Unemployed Workers Ins11rance, Etc., Act. certificate in the Magistrates Court in the manner and form prescribed, which certificate shall have the effect of a judgment in the said Magistrates Court and may be enforced in the like manner as judgments of such Court are enforced. (2.) The provisions of this section shall apply only in respect of the employers of such workers or class of workers as the Governor in Council may from time to time by Order in Council published in the Gazette declare. Thereupon while such Order in Council remains unrevoked the provisions of this section shall apply accordingly: Provided always that the provisions of this section shall not apply in respect of the employees of the Government of the Commonwealth." (iii.) The following amendments are made in section Amendment fourteen of the Principal Act :_ of s. 14. In subsection two of the said section, the words "who has been bona fide resident in Queensland con- tinuously for the six months immediately prior to such registration (the proof of which residence shall lie upon him)" are repealed. In subsection three of the said section, after the words "old age pension" the words "or an invalid pension" are inserted. In paragraph (c) of the said sub'section three, the words" "The JV orkers' Compensatwn Acts, 1916 to 1921," are repealed and the words *"The Workers' Compensation Acts, 1916 to 1926," or any Act amending the same; or" are inserted in lieu thereof. The following provision is added to the said sub- section three :- " (d) Any worker who has not been bona fide resident in Queensland continuously for the six months immediately prior to the date of his registration as an unemployed wo::ker: Provided that a worker who is a bona fide resident of Queensland, but who has been temporarily absent from Queensland during '::1 portion of the period o~ six months im- mediately prior to the date of h:s registration * 6 Oeo. V. No. 35 and amending Acts, supra, pages 9851, 10596, 1l:313, and 11598.

11948 I~ ABOUR. Unemployed Workers Insurance, Etc., Act. 18GEo. V.No. 6, 1927. as an unemployed worker, may, in the absolute discretion of the Council, be paid such sustenance as the Council thinks proper under the circumstances." Amendment (iv.) Section eighteen of the Principal Act is amended of s. 18. by the insertion, after the words "liable to a penalty," of the words "of not less than one pound and." Amendment (v.) Section twenty of the Principal Act is amended of s. 20. as follows:- In subsection one of the said section the following paragraph is added:- "(vi.) The method or methods or basis of assessment of sustenance due to unemployed workers: provided that, except as is otherwise pre- scribed, contributions to the fund made more than twelve months prior to the date of application for sustenance shall not in any case be taken into account in the ascertain- ment of an assessment." In subsection two of the said section, after the words "fix a penalty" the words "of not less than one pound and" are inserted.