{"id":"C1954L00064","name":"Stevedoring Industry Regulations","slug":"stevedoring-industry-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"64 of 1954","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23504,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1954L00064-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stevedoring Industry Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1954\\. No. .\n\n———————\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE STEVEDORING INDUSTRY ACT 1949.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Stevedoring Industry Act 1949.\n\nDated this fourth day of June, 1954.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n![Minister's signature](image.001.jpeg)\n\nMinister for Labour and National Service.\n\n————\n\nStevedoring Industry Regulations.\n\nCitation.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Regulations.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the sixth day of October, 1953.\n\nFees and expenses payable to Chairman or Deputy Chairman of Boards of Reference.\n\n3. The Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a Board of Reference appointed in pursuance of an order or award made by the Court under the Stevedoring Industry Act 1949 shall be paid fees, travelling expenses and fares in accordance with the provisions of the Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations, as in force from time to time, providing for the payment of fees, travelling expenses and fares to the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, as the case may be, of a Board of Reference appointed in pursuance of an order or award made by the Court under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1952.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n1920.—Price 3d. 9/10.5.1594.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2095},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose of prescribing remuneration for Board of Reference members in the stevedoring industry, using the standard mechanism of incorporating by reference the general industrial arbitration fee structure."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short regulations total","Single operative provision relying on incorporation by reference to external regulations","No defined terms or interpretive provisions","Simple administrative mechanism with no conditional logic or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it is:** These regulations set the pay rules for people who chair dispute resolution panels in Australia's stevedoring industry (the business of loading and unloading ships).\n\n**What it does:** Instead of listing specific dollar amounts, the regulations \"borrow\" the payment rules from the general industrial relations system. Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen of **Boards of Reference** (special tribunals that settle workplace disputes in the docks) receive the same fees, travel expenses, and fares as their counterparts in other industries governed by the Conciliation and Arbitration Regulations.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People appointed to chair or deputy-chair dispute resolution boards under the Stevedoring Industry Act 1949\n- The stevedoring companies and unions involved in these disputes (who ultimately bear these costs)\n\n**Why it matters:** This ensures consistency and fairness—dockside dispute resolvers get the same pay as other industrial arbitrators—without needing separate pay scales written specifically for the shipping industry."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-regulations","history":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/stevedoring-industry-regulations/documents"}}