Wages Attachment Act Amendment Act 1973 (Qld)

22 (,-11 11,5121114 ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE RE I AE No. 5 of 1 9 73 An Act to Am end The Wages Attachm ent Acts 1936 to 1940 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 11TH APRIL, 1973] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Wages Attachment Act Amendment Act 1973. (2) The Wages Attachment Act of . 1936 as amended from time to time is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Wages Attachment Act 1936-1973. 2. Amendment of s. 2 . Definitions . Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the definition of " Court " the following definition:- " " minimum wage "-A declaration for the time being in force made by the Industrial Commission under section 13 of The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts 1961 to 1964 as to the guaranteed minimum wage of an adult male employee for the Eastern District of the Southern Division; ". 3. Amendment of s. 3. No order attaching wages-Exceptions. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of subsection (1) the words two pounds per week " and inserting in their stead the phrase " $20 per week "; (b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of subsection (1) the words basic wage " and inserting in their stead the words " minim ;n wage "

Wages Attachment Act Amendment Act 1973, No. 5 23 (c) by omitting from subsection (1) the paragraph commencing with the words " For the purposes of this section " and ending with the words " employee in Brisbane "; (d) by omitting from subsection (2) the words " two pounds per week " and inserting in their stead the phrase " $20 per week "; (e) by omitting from subsection .(3) the words " rate of two pounds but less than the rate of the basic wage per week " and inserting in their stead the phrase " rate of $20 but less than the rate of the minimum wage per week "; and (f) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) of the first paragraph of subsection (3) the words " under the age of sixteen years " and inserting in their stead the words " receiving full time education at a school, college or university or under the age of eighteen years ". 4. Amendment of s. 4 . Attachm ent to answer maintenance orders, etc. Section 4 of the Principal Act (being the section inserted in The Wages Attachment Act of 1936 by section 3 of The Wages Attachment Act Amendment Act of 1940) is amended- (a) by renumbering that section as section 5; (b) by omitting from paragraph (d) of subsection (3) the words " rate of two pounds but less than the rate of the basic wage per week " and inserting in their stead the phrase " rate of $20 but less than the rate of the minimum wage per week "; and (c) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) of the said paragraph (d) the words " under the age of sixteen years " and inserting in their stead the words " receiving full time education at a school, college or university or under ' the age of eighteen years ".