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Stevedoring Industry Act 1965
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Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-section (1.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:
“(a) the registration of a person as a waterside worker has been cancelled, or suspended until the expiration of a period exceeding seven days or until the expiration of a number of working days exceeding seven, under section thirty-six of this Act on a ground other than the ground referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) of section thirty-seven B of this Act; or
“(b) the entitlement of a registered waterside worker to attendance money has been suspended under section thirty-six of this Act in respect of a number of days exceeding seven,”:
(b) by omitting sub-section (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:
“(2.) Upon such an appeal:
(a) if the appellant satisfies the Commission that the cancellation or suspension should be set aside or varied—the Commission shall set aside or vary the cancellation or suspension accordingly and, where it sets aside a cancellation, it may, if it thinks fit, substitute for the cancellation a period of suspension of registration; and
(b) if the appellant does not so satisfy the Commission—the Commission shall confirm the cancellation or suspension.”;
(c) by inserting in paragraph (b) of sub-section (3.) after the word “suspended”, the words “until the expiration of a period exceeding seven days or until the expiration of a number of working days exceeding seven”; and
(d) by adding at the end of sub-section (5.) the words “as provided by sub-section (2.) of this section”.