Stevedoring Industry Act 1962 (Cth)

STEVEDORING INDUSTRY.

No. 66 of 1962.

An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956–1961.

[Assented to 19th November, 1962.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation. 1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Act 1962. (2.) The Stevedoring Industry Act 1956–1961 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956–1962.

Commencement. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation. 3.—(1.) Section seven of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by inserting in sub-section (1.), before the definition of "award of the Commission", the following definition:— "'annual leave', in relation to a person, means annual leave to which he is entitled as a waterside worker;";

(b) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the definition of "member", the following definition:— "'person eligible for service pension' means a person who is eligible for the grant of a service pension under the Repatriation Act 1920–1961 or would be so eligible but for section eighty-seven of that Act, and includes a person in receipt of such a pension;"; (c) by omitting from the definition of "registered irregular waterside worker" in sub-section (1.) the words "continuous port or a seasonal"; (d) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the definition of "registered regular waterside worker" and inserting in its stead the following definition:— "'registered regular waterside worker' means a registered waterside worker whose name is entered in Part A of the register of waterside workers at a port;"; and (e) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the definition of "ship ", the following definition:— "'sick leave', in relation to a person, means sick leave to which he is entitled as a waterside worker;".