REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following regulations under the National Security Act 1939-1940.
Dated this fourth day of August, 1942.
GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
for Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the National Security (Economic Organization) Regulations. †
Power of State Premier to adjust and amend basic wage.
1. Regulation 17a of the National Security (Economic Organization) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations :—
“(2.) Where, since the first day of October, 1941, there has been, in the case of any State, any variation in the cost of living by reason of which a periodical adjustment of the basic wage would have been permitted and no such adjustment has been made, the Premier of that State may, on the first occasion on which, he adjusts and amends the basic wage under this regulation, take that variation into account in making the adjustment and amendment.
“(3.) Any adjustment and amendment of the basic wage under this regulation shall for all purposes have the same force and effect as if made by the Industrial Authority empowered under the law of the State to adjust and amend the basic wage.”.
Part not to apply in certain cases.
2. Regulation 18 of the National Security (Economic Organization) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—
“(4.) Where—
(a) in pursuance of the law of a State, an authority of the State has power to determine or declare a living wage or a basic wage for the State or any part of the State;
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 4th August, 1942.
† Statutory Rules 1942, No. 76, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 81, 110, 127, 345, 160, 218, 221, 224, 248, 257, 293, 318 and 332.
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(b) that law provides that the rates of remuneration prescribed by any award, order or determination of an Industrial Authority or by any industrial agreement, shall be adjusted in consequence of the determination or declaration of the living wage or basic wage;
(c) in pursuance of that law, the authority of the State, determines or declares a living wage or basic wage different from the living wage or basic wage in operation immediately prior to the making of the determination or declaration; and
(d) the difference between the new living wage or new basic wage and that which it replaces is due solely to actual variations in the cost of living,
then nothing in this Part of these Regulations shall prevent the payment or acceptance of remuneration at an altered rate where the alteration is made in consequence of that determination or declaration.”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.