Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
"certificate of recognition as a recognized tradesman" means a certificate of recognition as a recognized tradesman granted in accordance with this Part before the commencement of the Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1958 , and includes such a certificate granted before the commencement of this Act in accordance with the National Security (Engineering Trades) Regulations.
"Committee" means a committee established under this Part.
"employer" means any person employing persons in engineering operations, and includes an intending employer of persons in such operations.
"Local Committee" means a Local (Engineering Trades) Committee established under this Part, and includes a Committee which was established by that name under the National Security (Engineering Trades) Regulations.
"probationary tradesman" means an adult member of the Forces whose employment as a probationary tradesman in a trade to which this Part applies has been authorized by a Local Committee.
"recognized tradesman" means a person who, in relation to any trade to which this part applies:
(a) was employed, prior to the eighth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and forty, as a tradesman;
(b) has qualified or qualifies by service as an apprentice for employment as a tradesman;
(c) has completed his course of training as a trainee tradesman to the satisfaction of a Local Committee;
(ca) has been employed in Australia for not less than seven years after the eighth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and forty, on work ordinarily performed by a tradesman and was so employed at any time within one month before the commencement of the Tradesmen's Rights Regulation Act 1952 ; or
(d) has been granted a tradesman's certificate or a certificate of recognition as a recognized tradesman.
"Register" means a Register established and maintained in pursuance of this Part.
"the Central Committee" means the Central (Engineering Trades) Committee established under this Part, and includes a Committee which was established by that name under the National Security (Engineering Trades) Regulations.
"tradesman" means a person employed in any of the classifications specified in the First Schedule to this Act.
"tradesman's certificate" means a tradesman's certificate granted in accordance with this Part.
"trainee tradesman" means a member of the Forces (not being an apprentice) whose employment as a trainee tradesman in a trade to which this Part applies, for the purpose of undergoing a course of training in an industrial establishment, has been authorized by a Local Committee.