STEVEDORING INDUSTRY CHARGE.

No. 65 of 1949.

An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1947.

[Assented to 28th October, 1949.]

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 Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1949.

(2.)   The Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1947 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 Act 1947–1949.

Commencement.

2.  This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the eleventh day of October, One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.

Rate of charge.

3.  Section five of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “four and one-half pence” and inserting in their stead the words “Two pence half-penny”.

Application of amendment.

4.  The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, shall apply in relation to the employment of waterside workers after the commencement of this Act.