NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION).

No. 50 of 1956.

An Act to amend the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1955.

[Assented to 30th June, 1956.]

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 Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1956.

(2.) The Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1955, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1956.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the date fixed under subsection (2.) of section two of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1956.

3. Section six of the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1955 is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Application of Conciliation and Arbitration Act.

“6. The Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1956 shall apply to industrial disputes in the Territory as if—

(a) from paragraph (a)of the definition of ‘industrial dispute’ in sub-section (1.) of section four of that Act the words ‘which extends beyond the limits of any one State’ were omitted;

(b) from paragraph (b) of that definition the words ‘which so extends’ were omitted; and

(c) from the definitions of ‘industrial dispute’ in section seventy-one and sub-section (1.) of section eighty-one of that Act the words ‘which extends beyond the limits of any one State’ were omitted.”.