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TRADESMEN'S RIGHTS REGULATION ACT 1946 - SECT 20

Interpretation

                   In 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 (Blacksmithing Trades) Regulations.

"Committee" means a Committee established under this Part.

"employer" means any person employing persons in blacksmithing operations, and includes an intending employer of persons in such operations.

"Local Committee" means a Local (Blacksmithing Trades) Committee established under this Part, and includes a Committee which was established by that name under the National Security (Blacksmithing 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 twenty‑ninth day of November, 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 twenty‑ninth day of November, 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 (Blacksmithing Trades) Committee established under this Part, and includes the Committee which was established by that name under the National Security (Blacksmithing Trades) Regulations.

"tradesman" means a person employed in any of the classifications specified in the Third 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.



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