New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COAL AND OIL SHALE MINE WORKERS (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1941 - SECT 19F

19F Conditions attaching to and suspension of weekly payments of subsidy

(1) Where a mine worker is eligible for or has been awarded a subsidy under this Part the mine worker shall forthwith upon being requested by the Corporate Trustee so to do:

(a) register for employment at the office of the Commonwealth Employment Service nearest to the mine worker’s place of residence,

(c) make application for an age or invalid pension,

(d) accept available employment (not being relief work) offered to the mine worker through the Commonwealth Employment Service where such employment is not inconsistent either in itself or by reason of the conditions under which it is performed with the maintenance of the mine worker’s health.

(2) Acceptance of employment (whether under subsection (1) or otherwise) by a mine worker eligible for or to whom a subsidy has been awarded or by the mine worker’s dependants shall forthwith be notified to the Corporate Trustee by such mine worker.

(3) Where the Corporate Trustee determines that a mine worker has, without reasonable cause or excuse, failed to comply with any of the provisions of this section no subsidy shall be payable to such mine worker in respect of the period during which such failure continues or such less period as the Corporate Trustee may fix.

(4) This section does not apply to a mine worker who is paid a lump sum under section 19BA instead of weekly payments of subsidy.