AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIES PRESERVATION.

No. 7 of 1930.

An Act to amend the Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906–1910.

[Assented to 14th April, 1930.]

BE it enacted by the King’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 Australian Industries Preservation Act 1930.

(2.) The Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906–1910* is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906–1930.

2. After section seven b of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:—

Exemption of certain agreement for carriage of goods.

“7c.—(1.) An agreement in relation to the carriage of goods to other countries, made and entered into between shippers of the one part and ship-owners or their representatives of the other part, and approved by the Australian Oversea Transport Association, whereby, in consideration of periodical sailings to be provided by the ship-owners, and the carriage of goods of the shippers at agreed rates, the shippers agree to ship exclusively by the ship-owners, shall not, by reason of such provisions, be deemed to be made or entered into in contravention of this Part of this Act, nor shall the making or carrying out of such an agreement, or the refusal to extend the advantages of the agreement to shippers who do not offer to enter into it, be deemed to be an offence against this Part of this Act.

“(2.) In this section, the ‘Australian Oversea Transport Association’ means the Association formed under that name in Sydney on or about the twenty-sixth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and includes the Council of that Association”.