Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsSection 29 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) b y omitting from sub-section (1.) the words "next two succeeding sections" and inserting in their stead the words "next succeeding section";
( b ) by inserting after sub-section (1.) the following sub-section:
"(1A.) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub-section, a requirement of the Authority that persons who apply for registration as waterside workers shall not have been --
(a) convicted of an offence against this Act; or
(b) convicted of an offence against any law is a reasonable requirement as to the suitability of those persons to be registered as waterside workers.";
(c) b y omitting from sub-section (2 .) the words " the last preceding sub-section" and inserting in their stead the words "sub-section (1.) of this section"; and
(d) b y omitting sub-section (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:
"(3.) Before registering a person as a waterside worker at a port (whether under this section or under the next succeeding section), the Authority shall:
(a) give notice --
(i) to the Union in relation to the port, or, if there is a branch of that Union at the port, to that branch; and
(ii) to the association of employers at the port,
stating that the Authority is considering whether to register the person as a waterside worker at the port and inviting the Union or branch, and the association, to furnish to the Authority within seven days after the notice is given a written statement of any matters that the Union, branch or association wishes the Authority to take into account in deciding whether to register the person; and
(b) take into account any matters referred to in a statement so furnished.".