Waterside Employment Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1931. No. 104.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT 1928-1929.

I, THE DEPUTY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of 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 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this 18th day of August, 1931.

W. H. IRVINE

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

PARKER MOLONEY

Minister of State for Transport.

 

Amendment of Waterside Employment Regulations

(Statutory Rules 1931, No. 101.)

1. Regulation 4 of the Waterside Employment Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) the word and figures “10 and 11 ”, and inserting in their stead the word and figures “4 and 5”.

2. Regulation 5 of the Waterside Employment Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following proviso:—

“Provided that, where the Licensing Officer at any port to which this regulation applies is of opinion that the number of transport workers (being waterside workers) licensed in respect of that port is insufficient for the requirements in regard to the loading and unloading of ships at that port, transport workers (being waterside workers) may be employed for such period, in excess of ten hours in any period of twenty-four hours, as the Licensing Officer determines either generally in respect of that port or in respect of any particular ship.”.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

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