STATUTORY RULES.

1946. No. 63.

REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1943.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the National Security Act 1939-1943.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of March, 1946.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

J. B. CHIFLEY

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of the National Security (Economic Organization) Regulations.†

After regulation 18a of the National Security (Economic Organization) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Variation of standard hours and basic wage.

“18b.—(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Part, the Court shall, in respect of an industrial dispute of which it has cognizance, have power—

(a) either to make an award—

(i) altering the standard hours of work in any industry; or

(ii) altering the basic wage or the principles on which it is computed; or

(b) to vary or give an interpretation of an award where the variation or interpretation would result in any such alteration.

“(2.) The power conferred by the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be exercised unless the question is heard by not less than three Judges of the Court, and the alteration, variation or interpretation, as the case may be, is approved by a majority of the members of the Court by whom the question is heard.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 28th March, 1946.

† Statutory Rules 1942, No. 76, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 91, 110, 127, 145, 160, 218, 221, 224, 248, 257, 293, 318, 332, 344, 425, 453, 490, 537 and 539; 1943, Nos. 21, 60, 76, 142, 169 and 278; 1944, Nos. 62, 83, 99 and 148; and 1945, Nos. 11, 14, 45, 71, 91, 116 and 189.

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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