Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where the registration of the Federation under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1965 has been cancelled under section 143 of that Act or by the operation of section 18 of this Act, the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare that this section applies in relation to an organization of employees specified in the Proclamation (whether or not the organization is registered as an organization of employees under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1965) in relation to a port so specified.
(2) Where a declaration is made under this section in relation to an organization of employees in relation to a port:
(a) that organization shall, for the purposes of the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956-1965:
(i) be deemed to be the Union in relation to that port; and
(ii) if that organization is not a Union for the purposes of that Act-be deemed to be a Union for those purposes; and
(b) if that organization is not registered as an organization of employees under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904- 1965 but the Minister is satisfied that that organization complies with the conditions prescribed by or under that Act for registration of organizations of employees under that Act-the Minister may direct the Registrar to register that organization under that Act in connexion with the stevedoring industry and the Registrar shall forthwith comply with the direction.