Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1975
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STEVEDORING INDUSTRY CHARGE ACT
1975
No. 103 of 1975
An Act to amend the Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1947-1973.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
- (1) This Act may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1975.
(2) The Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1947-1973, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1947-1975.
Commencement.
- This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Rate of charge.
- Section 5 of the Stevedoring Industry Charge Act 1947-1973 is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “One dollar fifty cents” and substituting the figures “$4.00”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “One dollar seventy-five cents” and substituting the figures “$5.00”; and
(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) the words “One dollar twenty cents” and substituting the figures “$3.00”.
Cessation of operation of Act.
- (1) The operation of this Act shall cease on 1 July 1976, or on such earlier date as legislation comes into operation providing permanent arrangements for the stevedoring industry in substitution for the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1974.
(2) Sub-section (1) does not affect a liability to pay, or the recovery of, any amount of charge in respect of employment that occurs while this Act is in operation and any such amount shall be paid and may be recovered as if sub-section (1) had not been enacted.