{"id":"C2004A01757","name":"Stevedoring Industry Acts (Termination) Act 1977","slug":"stevedoring-industry-acts-termination-act-1977","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"119 of 1977","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6486,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01757-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part I","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"An Act to provide for the termination of the operation of the Stevedoring Industry Acts and for related purposes\n\n## Part I—Preliminary\n\n##### 1 Short title \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Acts (Termination) Act 1977.\n\n##### 2 Commencement \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\n##### 3 Interpretation\n\n  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> Authority means the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority established by the Stevedoring Industry Act and constituted in accordance with section 6A of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Commission means the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.\n\n> Committee means the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee established by the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee Act 1977.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Act means the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Acts means:\n\n    (a) the Stevedoring Industry Act;\n    (b) the Stevedoring Industry Act 1963;\n    (c) Part III of the Stevedoring Industry Act 1965; and\n    (d) the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act means the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1967 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> transitional period means the period commencing immediately after the commencement of this Act and ending on such day as is fixed by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, as the terminating day for the purposes of this definition.\n\n  \n\n## Part II—Termination of operations of Authority\n\n##### 4 Stevedoring Industry Acts to cease to have effect\n\n  (1) Subject to this Part, the Stevedoring Industry Acts cease to have effect at the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Where a provision of the Stevedoring Industry Acts ceases to have effect at any time by reason of the operation of this Part, that provision shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at that time by this Act.\n  (3) The provisions of this Part other than this section cease to have effect at the end of the transitional period and shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at the end of that period by an Act other than this Act.\n\n##### 5 Continued operation of Stevedoring Industry Acts during transitional period\n\n  (1) The Authority is continued in existence during the transitional period for the purpose of the performance of functions by the Authority under the succeeding provisions of this Part.\n  (2) Such of the provisions of the Stevedoring Industry Acts as are necessary for or in relation to:\n    (a) the performance by the Authority of functions under the succeeding provisions of this Part; or\n    (b) the operation of any of the succeeding provisions of this Part, continue to have effect during the transitional period.\n  (3) Without limiting by implication the generality of subsection (2), sections 14 and 15 and Part IV of the Stevedoring Industry Act and sections 6A, 6B, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G and 6H of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect during the transitional period for the purpose mentioned in that subsection.\n\n##### 6 Payments to Committee\n\n  The Authority may, subject to any direction by the Minister, and shall, if directed to do so by the Minister, make payments to the Committee out of moneys of the Authority.\n\n##### 7 Payments to Authority\n\n  Section 46 of the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purpose of the payment to the Authority of amounts referred to in that section.\n\n##### 8 Disposal of assets\n\n  (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may dispose of any property vested in the Authority immediately before the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Any disposal of property by the Authority involving an amount exceeding $20,000 is subject to the approval of the Minister.\n  (3) In this section, property includes a lease or sub‑lease.\n\n##### 9 Payments to waterside workers\n\n  The Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of the making by the Authority of:\n    (a) payments under section 31A of the Stevedoring Industry Act or payments under an award or order of the Commission, being payments in satisfaction of rights accrued before the commencement of this Act; and\n    (b) payments under section 52B of the Stevedoring Industry Act in respect of the deaths of persons occurring before the commencement of this Act.\n\n##### 10 Payments to employers\n\n  Sections 7, 7B and 7C of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect for the purpose of the making by the Authority of payments of the kinds referred to in those sections.\n\n##### 11 Suspension or cancellation of registration\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the cancellation or suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the making, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.\n\n##### 12 Attendance money\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the suspension; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.\n\n##### 13 Appeals to medical boards\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, a waterside worker, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, gave notice to the Authority that he objected to a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the objection had not finally been dealt with before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the objection; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the Authority, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, served on a waterside worker notice of a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the waterside worker had not, before the commencement of this Act, given notice to the Authority that he objected to the suspension, transfer or refusal, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an objection against the suspension, transfer or refusal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.\n\n## Part III—Miscellaneous\n\n##### 14 Transfer of rights and liabilities\n\n  On the expiration of the transitional period:\n    (a) all rights and property that, immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, were vested in the Authority are, by force of this section, vested in the Committee; and\n    (b) the Committee is, by force of this section, liable to perform all the duties and to discharge all the liabilities and obligations of the Authority that existed immediately before the expiration of that period.\n\n##### 15 Contracts and other instruments\n\n  Any contract or other instrument subsisting immediately before the expiration of the transitional period to which the Authority was a party has effect after the expiration of that period as if:\n    (a) the Committee were substituted for the Authority as a party to the contract or other instrument; and\n    (b) any reference in the contract or other instrument to the Authority were (except in relation to matters that occurred before the expiration of that period) a reference to the Committee.\n\n##### 16 Final report by Authority\n\n  (1) As soon as practicable after the expiration of the transitional period, the Authority shall prepare and furnish to the Minister a report on the operations of the Authority during the period (in this section referred to as the relevant period) that:\n    (a) commenced at the expiration of the last period in respect of which the Authority prepared a report under section 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) ended immediately before the expiration of the transitional period;\n  together with financial statements in respect of the relevant period.\n  (2) Before furnishing the financial statements to the Minister, the Authority shall submit them to the Auditor‑General, who shall report to the Minister:\n    (a) whether the statements are based on proper accounts and records;\n    (b) whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records;\n    (c) whether the receipt and expenditure of moneys, and the acquisition and disposal of assets, by the Authority during the relevant period have been in accordance with this Act and the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (d) as to such other matters arising out of the statements as the Auditor‑General considers should be reported to the Minister.\n  (3) The Minister shall cause the report and financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection (1), together with the report of the Auditor‑General, to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after their receipt by the Minister.\n  (4) The Authority, as constituted immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, shall, for the purpose of complying with its obligations under this section, continue in existence until it has complied with those obligations.\n  (5) Section 59 of the Stevedoring Industry Act:\n    (a) continues to apply in relation to reports made under section 57 or 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) applies in relation to a report under subsection (1) of this section in like manner as it applies in relation to reports under sections 57 and 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act.\n\n##### 17 Regulations\n\n  The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title [see Note 1]","content":"##### 1 Short title \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Acts (Termination) Act 1977.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement [see Note 1]","content":"##### 2 Commencement \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"##### 3 Interpretation\n\n  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> Authority means the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority established by the Stevedoring Industry Act and constituted in accordance with section 6A of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Commission means the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.\n\n> Committee means the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee established by the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee Act 1977.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Act means the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Acts means:\n\n    (a) the Stevedoring Industry Act;\n    (b) the Stevedoring Industry Act 1963;\n    (c) Part III of the Stevedoring Industry Act 1965; and\n    (d) the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act means the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1967 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> transitional period means the period commencing immediately after the commencement of this Act and ending on such day as is fixed by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, as the terminating day for the purposes of this definition.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Part II","sectionType":"part","heading":"Termination of operations of Authority","content":"An Act to provide for the termination of the operation of the Stevedoring Industry Acts and for related purposes\n\n## Part I—Preliminary\n\n##### 1 Short title \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Acts (Termination) Act 1977.\n\n##### 2 Commencement \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\n##### 3 Interpretation\n\n  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> Authority means the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority established by the Stevedoring Industry Act and constituted in accordance with section 6A of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Commission means the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.\n\n> Committee means the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee established by the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee Act 1977.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Act means the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Acts means:\n\n    (a) the Stevedoring Industry Act;\n    (b) the Stevedoring Industry Act 1963;\n    (c) Part III of the Stevedoring Industry Act 1965; and\n    (d) the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act means the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1967 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> transitional period means the period commencing immediately after the commencement of this Act and ending on such day as is fixed by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, as the terminating day for the purposes of this definition.\n\n  \n\n## Part II—Termination of operations of Authority\n\n##### 4 Stevedoring Industry Acts to cease to have effect\n\n  (1) Subject to this Part, the Stevedoring Industry Acts cease to have effect at the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Where a provision of the Stevedoring Industry Acts ceases to have effect at any time by reason of the operation of this Part, that provision shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at that time by this Act.\n  (3) The provisions of this Part other than this section cease to have effect at the end of the transitional period and shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at the end of that period by an Act other than this Act.\n\n##### 5 Continued operation of Stevedoring Industry Acts during transitional period\n\n  (1) The Authority is continued in existence during the transitional period for the purpose of the performance of functions by the Authority under the succeeding provisions of this Part.\n  (2) Such of the provisions of the Stevedoring Industry Acts as are necessary for or in relation to:\n    (a) the performance by the Authority of functions under the succeeding provisions of this Part; or\n    (b) the operation of any of the succeeding provisions of this Part, continue to have effect during the transitional period.\n  (3) Without limiting by implication the generality of subsection (2), sections 14 and 15 and Part IV of the Stevedoring Industry Act and sections 6A, 6B, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G and 6H of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect during the transitional period for the purpose mentioned in that subsection.\n\n##### 6 Payments to Committee\n\n  The Authority may, subject to any direction by the Minister, and shall, if directed to do so by the Minister, make payments to the Committee out of moneys of the Authority.\n\n##### 7 Payments to Authority\n\n  Section 46 of the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purpose of the payment to the Authority of amounts referred to in that section.\n\n##### 8 Disposal of assets\n\n  (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may dispose of any property vested in the Authority immediately before the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Any disposal of property by the Authority involving an amount exceeding $20,000 is subject to the approval of the Minister.\n  (3) In this section, property includes a lease or sub‑lease.\n\n##### 9 Payments to waterside workers\n\n  The Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of the making by the Authority of:\n    (a) payments under section 31A of the Stevedoring Industry Act or payments under an award or order of the Commission, being payments in satisfaction of rights accrued before the commencement of this Act; and\n    (b) payments under section 52B of the Stevedoring Industry Act in respect of the deaths of persons occurring before the commencement of this Act.\n\n##### 10 Payments to employers\n\n  Sections 7, 7B and 7C of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect for the purpose of the making by the Authority of payments of the kinds referred to in those sections.\n\n##### 11 Suspension or cancellation of registration\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the cancellation or suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the making, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.\n\n##### 12 Attendance money\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the suspension; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.\n\n##### 13 Appeals to medical boards\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, a waterside worker, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, gave notice to the Authority that he objected to a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the objection had not finally been dealt with before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the objection; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the Authority, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, served on a waterside worker notice of a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the waterside worker had not, before the commencement of this Act, given notice to the Authority that he objected to the suspension, transfer or refusal, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an objection against the suspension, transfer or refusal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.\n\n## Part III—Miscellaneous\n\n##### 14 Transfer of rights and liabilities\n\n  On the expiration of the transitional period:\n    (a) all rights and property that, immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, were vested in the Authority are, by force of this section, vested in the Committee; and\n    (b) the Committee is, by force of this section, liable to perform all the duties and to discharge all the liabilities and obligations of the Authority that existed immediately before the expiration of that period.\n\n##### 15 Contracts and other instruments\n\n  Any contract or other instrument subsisting immediately before the expiration of the transitional period to which the Authority was a party has effect after the expiration of that period as if:\n    (a) the Committee were substituted for the Authority as a party to the contract or other instrument; and\n    (b) any reference in the contract or other instrument to the Authority were (except in relation to matters that occurred before the expiration of that period) a reference to the Committee.\n\n##### 16 Final report by Authority\n\n  (1) As soon as practicable after the expiration of the transitional period, the Authority shall prepare and furnish to the Minister a report on the operations of the Authority during the period (in this section referred to as the relevant period) that:\n    (a) commenced at the expiration of the last period in respect of which the Authority prepared a report under section 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) ended immediately before the expiration of the transitional period;\n  together with financial statements in respect of the relevant period.\n  (2) Before furnishing the financial statements to the Minister, the Authority shall submit them to the Auditor‑General, who shall report to the Minister:\n    (a) whether the statements are based on proper accounts and records;\n    (b) whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records;\n    (c) whether the receipt and expenditure of moneys, and the acquisition and disposal of assets, by the Authority during the relevant period have been in accordance with this Act and the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (d) as to such other matters arising out of the statements as the Auditor‑General considers should be reported to the Minister.\n  (3) The Minister shall cause the report and financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection (1), together with the report of the Auditor‑General, to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after their receipt by the Minister.\n  (4) The Authority, as constituted immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, shall, for the purpose of complying with its obligations under this section, continue in existence until it has complied with those obligations.\n  (5) Section 59 of the Stevedoring Industry Act:\n    (a) continues to apply in relation to reports made under section 57 or 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) applies in relation to a report under subsection (1) of this section in like manner as it applies in relation to reports under sections 57 and 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act.\n\n##### 17 Regulations\n\n  The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stevedoring Industry Acts to cease to have effect","content":"##### 4 Stevedoring Industry Acts to cease to have effect\n\n  (1) Subject to this Part, the Stevedoring Industry Acts cease to have effect at the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Where a provision of the Stevedoring Industry Acts ceases to have effect at any time by reason of the operation of this Part, that provision shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at that time by this Act.\n  (3) The provisions of this Part other than this section cease to have effect at the end of the transitional period and shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at the end of that period by an Act other than this Act.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Continued operation of Stevedoring Industry Acts during transitional period","content":"##### 5 Continued operation of Stevedoring Industry Acts during transitional period\n\n  (1) The Authority is continued in existence during the transitional period for the purpose of the performance of functions by the Authority under the succeeding provisions of this Part.\n  (2) Such of the provisions of the Stevedoring Industry Acts as are necessary for or in relation to:\n    (a) the performance by the Authority of functions under the succeeding provisions of this Part; or\n    (b) the operation of any of the succeeding provisions of this Part, continue to have effect during the transitional period.\n  (3) Without limiting by implication the generality of subsection (2), sections 14 and 15 and Part IV of the Stevedoring Industry Act and sections 6A, 6B, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G and 6H of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect during the transitional period for the purpose mentioned in that subsection.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments to Committee","content":"##### 6 Payments to Committee\n\n  The Authority may, subject to any direction by the Minister, and shall, if directed to do so by the Minister, make payments to the Committee out of moneys of the Authority.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments to Authority","content":"##### 7 Payments to Authority\n\n  Section 46 of the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purpose of the payment to the Authority of amounts referred to in that section.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Disposal of assets","content":"##### 8 Disposal of assets\n\n  (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may dispose of any property vested in the Authority immediately before the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Any disposal of property by the Authority involving an amount exceeding $20,000 is subject to the approval of the Minister.\n  (3) In this section, property includes a lease or sub‑lease.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments to waterside workers","content":"##### 9 Payments to waterside workers\n\n  The Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of the making by the Authority of:\n    (a) payments under section 31A of the Stevedoring Industry Act or payments under an award or order of the Commission, being payments in satisfaction of rights accrued before the commencement of this Act; and\n    (b) payments under section 52B of the Stevedoring Industry Act in respect of the deaths of persons occurring before the commencement of this Act.","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments to employers","content":"##### 10 Payments to employers\n\n  Sections 7, 7B and 7C of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect for the purpose of the making by the Authority of payments of the kinds referred to in those sections.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Suspension or cancellation of registration","content":"##### 11 Suspension or cancellation of registration\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the cancellation or suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the making, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Attendance money","content":"##### 12 Attendance money\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the suspension; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appeals to medical boards","content":"##### 13 Appeals to medical boards\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, a waterside worker, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, gave notice to the Authority that he objected to a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the objection had not finally been dealt with before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the objection; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the Authority, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, served on a waterside worker notice of a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the waterside worker had not, before the commencement of this Act, given notice to the Authority that he objected to the suspension, transfer or refusal, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an objection against the suspension, transfer or refusal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Part III","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"An Act to provide for the termination of the operation of the Stevedoring Industry Acts and for related purposes\n\n## Part I—Preliminary\n\n##### 1 Short title \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Acts (Termination) Act 1977.\n\n##### 2 Commencement \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\n##### 3 Interpretation\n\n  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n> Authority means the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority established by the Stevedoring Industry Act and constituted in accordance with section 6A of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Commission means the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.\n\n> Committee means the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee established by the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee Act 1977.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Act means the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry Acts means:\n\n    (a) the Stevedoring Industry Act;\n    (b) the Stevedoring Industry Act 1963;\n    (c) Part III of the Stevedoring Industry Act 1965; and\n    (d) the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act.\n\n> Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act means the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1967 and includes regulations under that Act.\n\n> transitional period means the period commencing immediately after the commencement of this Act and ending on such day as is fixed by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, as the terminating day for the purposes of this definition.\n\n  \n\n## Part II—Termination of operations of Authority\n\n##### 4 Stevedoring Industry Acts to cease to have effect\n\n  (1) Subject to this Part, the Stevedoring Industry Acts cease to have effect at the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Where a provision of the Stevedoring Industry Acts ceases to have effect at any time by reason of the operation of this Part, that provision shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at that time by this Act.\n  (3) The provisions of this Part other than this section cease to have effect at the end of the transitional period and shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, to have been repealed at the end of that period by an Act other than this Act.\n\n##### 5 Continued operation of Stevedoring Industry Acts during transitional period\n\n  (1) The Authority is continued in existence during the transitional period for the purpose of the performance of functions by the Authority under the succeeding provisions of this Part.\n  (2) Such of the provisions of the Stevedoring Industry Acts as are necessary for or in relation to:\n    (a) the performance by the Authority of functions under the succeeding provisions of this Part; or\n    (b) the operation of any of the succeeding provisions of this Part, continue to have effect during the transitional period.\n  (3) Without limiting by implication the generality of subsection (2), sections 14 and 15 and Part IV of the Stevedoring Industry Act and sections 6A, 6B, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G and 6H of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect during the transitional period for the purpose mentioned in that subsection.\n\n##### 6 Payments to Committee\n\n  The Authority may, subject to any direction by the Minister, and shall, if directed to do so by the Minister, make payments to the Committee out of moneys of the Authority.\n\n##### 7 Payments to Authority\n\n  Section 46 of the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purpose of the payment to the Authority of amounts referred to in that section.\n\n##### 8 Disposal of assets\n\n  (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may dispose of any property vested in the Authority immediately before the commencement of this Act.\n  (2) Any disposal of property by the Authority involving an amount exceeding $20,000 is subject to the approval of the Minister.\n  (3) In this section, property includes a lease or sub‑lease.\n\n##### 9 Payments to waterside workers\n\n  The Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of the making by the Authority of:\n    (a) payments under section 31A of the Stevedoring Industry Act or payments under an award or order of the Commission, being payments in satisfaction of rights accrued before the commencement of this Act; and\n    (b) payments under section 52B of the Stevedoring Industry Act in respect of the deaths of persons occurring before the commencement of this Act.\n\n##### 10 Payments to employers\n\n  Sections 7, 7B and 7C of the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act continue to have effect for the purpose of the making by the Authority of payments of the kinds referred to in those sections.\n\n##### 11 Suspension or cancellation of registration\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the cancellation or suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the registration of a person as a waterside worker was cancelled or suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(a) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the making, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the cancellation or suspension; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of an order of the Commission in connexion with the appeal.\n\n##### 12 Attendance money\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an appeal under section 37 of the Stevedoring Industry Act was pending in relation to the suspension, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the appeal; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money was suspended as mentioned in paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Stevedoring Industry Act and an appeal in relation to the suspension had not been made before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts continue to have effect for the purpose of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an appeal in relation to the suspension; and\n    (b) any payment of compensation by the Authority or by an employer in pursuance of the decision of the Commission on the appeal.\n\n##### 13 Appeals to medical boards\n\n  (1) Where, before the commencement of this Act, a waterside worker, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, gave notice to the Authority that he objected to a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the objection had not finally been dealt with before the commencement of this Act, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the hearing and determination of the objection; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.\n  (2) Where, within 14 days before the commencement of this Act, the Authority, in pursuance of subsection 37B(3) of the Stevedoring Industry Act, served on a waterside worker notice of a suspension, transfer or refusal referred to in that subsection and the waterside worker had not, before the commencement of this Act, given notice to the Authority that he objected to the suspension, transfer or refusal, the Stevedoring Industry Act continues to have effect for the purposes of:\n    (a) the lodging, hearing and determination of an objection against the suspension, transfer or refusal; and\n    (b) the payment of compensation by the Authority to the waterside worker in respect of the suspension, transfer or refusal.\n\n## Part III—Miscellaneous\n\n##### 14 Transfer of rights and liabilities\n\n  On the expiration of the transitional period:\n    (a) all rights and property that, immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, were vested in the Authority are, by force of this section, vested in the Committee; and\n    (b) the Committee is, by force of this section, liable to perform all the duties and to discharge all the liabilities and obligations of the Authority that existed immediately before the expiration of that period.\n\n##### 15 Contracts and other instruments\n\n  Any contract or other instrument subsisting immediately before the expiration of the transitional period to which the Authority was a party has effect after the expiration of that period as if:\n    (a) the Committee were substituted for the Authority as a party to the contract or other instrument; and\n    (b) any reference in the contract or other instrument to the Authority were (except in relation to matters that occurred before the expiration of that period) a reference to the Committee.\n\n##### 16 Final report by Authority\n\n  (1) As soon as practicable after the expiration of the transitional period, the Authority shall prepare and furnish to the Minister a report on the operations of the Authority during the period (in this section referred to as the relevant period) that:\n    (a) commenced at the expiration of the last period in respect of which the Authority prepared a report under section 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) ended immediately before the expiration of the transitional period;\n  together with financial statements in respect of the relevant period.\n  (2) Before furnishing the financial statements to the Minister, the Authority shall submit them to the Auditor‑General, who shall report to the Minister:\n    (a) whether the statements are based on proper accounts and records;\n    (b) whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records;\n    (c) whether the receipt and expenditure of moneys, and the acquisition and disposal of assets, by the Authority during the relevant period have been in accordance with this Act and the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (d) as to such other matters arising out of the statements as the Auditor‑General considers should be reported to the Minister.\n  (3) The Minister shall cause the report and financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection (1), together with the report of the Auditor‑General, to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after their receipt by the Minister.\n  (4) The Authority, as constituted immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, shall, for the purpose of complying with its obligations under this section, continue in existence until it has complied with those obligations.\n  (5) Section 59 of the Stevedoring Industry Act:\n    (a) continues to apply in relation to reports made under section 57 or 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) applies in relation to a report under subsection (1) of this section in like manner as it applies in relation to reports under sections 57 and 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act.\n\n##### 17 Regulations\n\n  The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transfer of rights and liabilities","content":"##### 14 Transfer of rights and liabilities\n\n  On the expiration of the transitional period:\n    (a) all rights and property that, immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, were vested in the Authority are, by force of this section, vested in the Committee; and\n    (b) the Committee is, by force of this section, liable to perform all the duties and to discharge all the liabilities and obligations of the Authority that existed immediately before the expiration of that period.","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Contracts and other instruments","content":"##### 15 Contracts and other instruments\n\n  Any contract or other instrument subsisting immediately before the expiration of the transitional period to which the Authority was a party has effect after the expiration of that period as if:\n    (a) the Committee were substituted for the Authority as a party to the contract or other instrument; and\n    (b) any reference in the contract or other instrument to the Authority were (except in relation to matters that occurred before the expiration of that period) a reference to the Committee.","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Final report by Authority","content":"##### 16 Final report by Authority\n\n  (1) As soon as practicable after the expiration of the transitional period, the Authority shall prepare and furnish to the Minister a report on the operations of the Authority during the period (in this section referred to as the relevant period) that:\n    (a) commenced at the expiration of the last period in respect of which the Authority prepared a report under section 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) ended immediately before the expiration of the transitional period;\n  together with financial statements in respect of the relevant period.\n  (2) Before furnishing the financial statements to the Minister, the Authority shall submit them to the Auditor‑General, who shall report to the Minister:\n    (a) whether the statements are based on proper accounts and records;\n    (b) whether the statements are in agreement with the accounts and records;\n    (c) whether the receipt and expenditure of moneys, and the acquisition and disposal of assets, by the Authority during the relevant period have been in accordance with this Act and the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (d) as to such other matters arising out of the statements as the Auditor‑General considers should be reported to the Minister.\n  (3) The Minister shall cause the report and financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection (1), together with the report of the Auditor‑General, to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after their receipt by the Minister.\n  (4) The Authority, as constituted immediately before the expiration of the transitional period, shall, for the purpose of complying with its obligations under this section, continue in existence until it has complied with those obligations.\n  (5) Section 59 of the Stevedoring Industry Act:\n    (a) continues to apply in relation to reports made under section 57 or 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act; and\n    (b) applies in relation to a report under subsection (1) of this section in like manner as it applies in relation to reports under sections 57 and 58 of the Stevedoring Industry Act.","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Regulations","content":"##### 17 Regulations\n\n  The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.","sortOrder":19}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1688},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains strictly focused on its original purpose of terminating the Stevedoring Industry Acts, winding up the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority, and ensuring orderly transfer of residual assets and liabilities to the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to superseded legislation (Stevedoring Industry Acts 1956, 1963, 1965, and Temporary Provisions Act 1967)","Conditional continuation of legal provisions based on specific trigger events (pending appeals, dates within 14 days of commencement)","Interaction with section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 regarding deemed repeals","7 defined terms requiring reference to external statutes","Transitional mechanics involving automatic transfer of property and substitution of parties in contracts"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does**\n\nThis legislation winds up the **Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority** (the government body that used to manage wharf labour) and terminates the old laws that governed the stevedoring (wharf loading/unloading) industry.\n\n**How it works**\n\nThe Act creates a **transitional period** (a wind-down phase set by the Minister) where:\n\n*   **The Authority keeps running temporarily** to finish its business, even though the old Stevedoring Industry Acts have technically stopped.\n*   **It can sell assets** — any property worth more than $20,000 needs the Minister's approval.\n*   **It finishes paying people** — outstanding wages, death benefits, and employer payments that were owed before the Act started must still be paid.\n*   **It resolves disputes** — any pending appeals about worker registration, attendance money, or medical decisions continue to be heard under the old rules.\n\n**What happens at the end**\n\nWhen the transitional period ends:\n*   All the Authority's assets, debts, and contracts automatically transfer to the **Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee**.\n*   The Authority must file a final financial report, audited by the Auditor-General, and then ceases to exist.\n\n**Who it affects**\n*   Waterside workers (wharf labourers) with outstanding claims or appeals.\n*   Stevedoring employers owed money.\n*   The Finance Committee, which takes over remaining assets and liabilities."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act does not simply repeal the Stevedoring Industry Acts outright. It implements a phased termination: immediate cessation is declared (s4) but many specific powers and obligations continue during a Ministerially fixed transitional period so that payments, pending appeals/objections, asset disposal, reporting and the orderly transfer of rights/liabilities are completed (s3–s16). In that sense the scope changed from a pure repeal to a structured wind‑down and transfer process that preserves particular legal effects until they are resolved and then vests residual rights and liabilities in the Committee (ss5, 14–15)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross‑references to earlier Acts and specific sections (Stevedoring Industry Act 1956; Temporary Provisions Act; specified sections such as s31A, s52B, s37, s37B) which require checking external instruments","Two‑stage legal effect: immediate cessation subject to numerous carved‑out continuations during a Ministerially fixed transitional period (s4, s3, s5)","Ministerial discretions that affect timing and approvals (fixing terminating day, directing payments, approving disposals over $20,000) (s3, s6, s8(2))","Automatic statutory transfer of rights, assets, duties and liabilities to a different statutory body at a prescribed point (s14–15)","Multiple categories of preserved legal processes (appeals, objections, payments, employer liabilities) with differing time triggers and conditions (ss9–13)","Reporting and audit obligations with parliamentary tabling deadlines, creating administrative compliance steps (s16)","Power for Governor‑General to make regulations to fill gaps and implement details (s17)","Monetary threshold for Ministerial approval ($20,000) introduces mixed administrative/financial decision‑making (s8(2))"],"plain_english_summary":"What this law does (mechanically)\n\n- The Act ends the operation of the Stevedoring Industry Acts, but not all at once. Section 4 provides that, subject to the rest of the Act, the Stevedoring Industry Acts \"cease to have effect at the commencement of this Act\" (s4). At the same time the Act creates a transitional arrangement that keeps certain parts of the old regime alive for a limited period (definition of \"transitional period\", s3; continued operation, s5).\n\n- During the transitional period the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority (the Authority) continues to exist so it can carry out the winding‑down tasks set out in this Act (s5(1)–(3)). Those tasks include making certain payments, disposing of assets, dealing with pending appeals and objections, and preparing a final report and financial statements (see ss6–13, 16).\n\n- At the end of the transitional period all rights, property, duties and liabilities that were vested in the Authority automatically vest in the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee (the Committee) (s14). Contracts and other instruments to which the Authority was a party continue in force but with the Committee substituted as the party (s15).\n\nWhy the Act says it exists (purpose claim in the instrument)\n\n- The Act states its purpose as \"to provide for the termination of the operation of the Stevedoring Industry Acts and for related purposes\" (short title/preamble). The text then sets out the mechanical steps to effect that termination while preserving and completing certain outstanding matters (see generally Parts II and III).\n\nWho pays, who decides, and who acts (concrete incentives and decision points)\n\n- Payments and funding: the Authority continues to make payments out of its own moneys during the transitional period (ss6, 7). The Act preserves the Authority's obligation to make payments that arose before commencement (for example payments to waterside workers under s31A and payments in respect of deaths under s52B of the Stevedoring Industry Act) (s9). Sections 7, 7B and 7C of the Temporary Provisions Act remain available for certain employer payments (s10).\n\n- Ministerial control: the Minister sets the end of the transitional period by Gazette notice (definition of \"transitional period\", s3). The Minister can direct the Authority to make payments to the Committee and such directions are binding (s6). Disposals of Authority property above $20,000 require Ministerial approval (s8(2)).\n\n- Administrative oversight and reporting: the Authority must prepare a final operational report and financial statements after the transitional period and submit the statements to the Auditor‑General, who must report on their accuracy and on compliance with the Acts (s16(1)–(2)). The Minister must then lay those documents before both Houses of Parliament (s16(3)).\n\nWhat behaviour changes and what continuity is preserved\n\n- Behaviour change: the statutory regime that governed stevedoring ceases to operate at commencement except insofar as this Act preserves particular functions and rights for winding down (s4, s5). Operational control and ultimate responsibility for remaining assets and liabilities shift from the Authority to the Committee at the end of the transitional period (s14–15).\n\n- Continuity preserved: pending appeals, objections, compensation claims, liability for prior obligations, and payments that accrued before commencement continue to be dealt with under the former Acts during the transitional period so that rights and liabilities are resolved rather than extinguished (see ss9, 11–13, s5(2)). Contracts survive with the Committee stepping into the Authority's place (s15).\n\nCosts, incentives, compliance burdens and discretion (mechanisms, not judgments)\n\n- Who bears costs: the Authority is the immediate payer of liabilities and obligations arising before commencement (ss6–7, 9–10); after the transitional period the Committee becomes liable for those same duties and debts by operation of law (s14). The Act does not specify new revenue sources; it works through existing Authority moneys and the transfer of assets and liabilities to the Committee (ss6, 8, 14).\n\n- Compliance burdens: the Authority must prepare and furnish a final report and audited financial statements and remain in existence until it fulfils those obligations (s16(1), (4)). The Auditor‑General must audit and report on those statements before they are tabled (s16(2)–(3)).\n\n- Discretion and implementation risk: the Minister has several discretionary levers (fixing the terminating day, directing payments to the Committee, approving significant disposals) that shape the pace and content of the wind‑down (definition of \"transitional period\", s3; s6; s8(2)). Those levers determine timing, approval of high‑value asset sales and whether the Committee receives funds during the transitional period.\n\nEffects on private parties and contract freedom (how the Act changes private rights)\n\n- Contract continuity and substitution: subsisting contracts remain enforceable but the Committee replaces the Authority as the contractual party after the transitional period (s15). That substitution preserves contractual continuity but transfers counterparty risk and performance obligations to the Committee by operation of the Act.\n\n- Resolution of disputes and claims: pending appeals and objections under the Stevedoring Industry Acts (including registration cancellations/suspensions, attendance money disputes, and medical board objections) continue to be processed under the old Acts so claimants and employers can have those issues decided rather than left unresolved (ss11–13, s5(2)).\n\nRegulatory powers\n\n- The Governor‑General may make regulations necessary to give effect to the Act (s17).\n\nBottom line (mechanical summary)\n\n- The Act terminates the Stevedoring Industry Acts while building a fixed transitional framework to: (a) continue the Authority for winding down, (b) preserve and complete existing payments, appeals and obligations, (c) allow disposal and transfer of assets and liabilities to the Committee, and (d) produce audited final statements and a report for Parliament. Ministerial directions and approvals, and an Auditor‑General audit, are explicit control points in that process (see ss3–17)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-acts-termination-act-1977","history":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-acts-termination-act-1977/history","analysis":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-acts-termination-act-1977/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-acts-termination-act-1977/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-acts-termination-act-1977/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-acts-termination-act-1977/documents"}}