Stevedoring Industry Charge Assessment

No. 60 of 1971

An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry Charge Assessment Act 1947–1967.

[Assented to 25 May 1971]

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 Charge Assessment Act 1971.

(2.) The Stevedoring Industry Charge Assessment Act 1947–1967 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 Charge Assessment Act 1947–1971.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the date fixed under subsection (2.) of section 2 of the Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1971.

Interpretation.

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (1a.) and (2.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-sections:—

“(2.) For the purposes of this Act, the number of man-hours of employment by an employer in respect of class A waterside workers, class B waterside workers or class C waterside workers during the period to which any return or assessment under this Act relates is—

(a) in the case of class A waterside workers—the number of complete hours in the sum of the prescribed periods of employment, within that period, for which each class A waterside worker employed by that employer was paid or entitled to be paid by him; and

(b) in the case of class B waterside workers or class C waterside workers—the number of complete hours in the sum of the periods of time, within that period, for which each class B waterside worker or class C waterside worker, as the case may be, employed by that employer was paid or entitled to be paid by him.

“(3.) A reference in paragraph (a) of the last preceding sub-section to a prescribed period of employment for which a class A waterside worker employed by an employer was paid or entitled to be paid by that employer is a reference to a period of employment for which the worker was so paid or entitled to be paid during which, or during a part of which, he was engaged in work as a waterside worker, whether on behalf of that employer or of another employer, other than any part of that period during which he was on leave to which he was entitled as a waterside worker.”.

Returns by employers.

4. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(a) the man-hours of employment by him in respect of class A waterside workers during each pay period ending in that month;”.