NAVIGATION.

No. 46 of 1956.

An Act to amend the Navigation Act 1912–1953.

[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 Navigation Act 1956.

(2.)   The Navigation Act 1912–1953 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)   The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Navigation Act 1912–1956.

Commencement.

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

Parts.

3.  Section five of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Part Xa.—Industrial Matters, ss. 405a–405q.”.

Appeal against refusal of superintendent.

4.  Section forty-five b of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Court of Conciliation and Arbitration” and inserting in their stead the words “Conciliation and Arbitration Commission”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the word “Court” and inserting in its stead the word “Commission”;

(c) by omitting sub-section (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(4.) The powers of the Commission under this section shall be exercised by the President or a Deputy President of the Commission.”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-section (5.) the word “Court” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “Commission”.

Application of Division.

5.  Section one hundred and thirty-five of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “by virtue of Part Xa. of this Act” and inserting in their stead the words “under Division 2 of Part III. of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1956”.

6.  Section two hundred and ninety-two of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Evidence of rates of wages.

“292. An award under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904–1956 which is binding on or applicable to seamen employed in the coasting trade, or a certificate of the Industrial Registrar or a Deputy Industrial Registrar holding office under that Act certifying what are the rates of wages ruling in Australia for seamen employed in any part of the coasting trade, shall be prima facie evidence of those rates of wages.”.

Repeal of Part Xa.

7.  Part Xa. of the Principal Act is repealed.