II Nov., 191 2.] Shearers Hut Accomrtiodaiion Act. 675 



are employed and those situate in cities, towns, and boroughs, are exempt — 

 Section 3. 



An employer must provide sufficient accommodation for the comfort and health 

 of shearers in buildings at least fifty yards from the shearing shed — Section 6 (i) — 

 unless such accommodation has been provided prior to the passing of the Act, and 

 conforms to the other requirements of the Act, which are — Section 6 (2) : — 



{a) Separate buildings for sleeping accommodation of Asiatics; 



[b) Sleeping bunks not placed one above another, and 240 cubic feet air 



space to each person ; 



[c) Sleeping-room apart from kitchen and dining-room ; if cooking and serv- 



ing is done in same room, then it must be at different ends thereof ; 



[d) Separate dining accommodation for Asiatics ; 



[e) Latrine not less than 25 yards from building, and 50 yards from water 



supply; 

 (/) Sufficient good drinking water ; 

 (g) Meat house or safe constructed to keep out flies ; 

 [h] Separate compartment for stores and rations; 

 [i] Sufficient clean straw or chaff for filling mattresses ; 

 (7) Proper vessels for kitchen slops and refuse, and provision for disposal 



of same ; 

 [k) Light and ventilation in sleeping and dining rooms ; 

 (/) Floors of approved material ; 

 [m] Proper cooking and washing vessels; 



Tent accommodation to the satisfaction of an Inspector shall be deemed 

 sufficient — Section 14. 



Buildings must be kept clean by, and must not be damaged by the shearers. 

 Where an employer is put to the expense of cleaning or repairing damage by 

 shearers, the cost thereof, when certified to by an Inspector, may be deducted from 

 the wages due to such shearer — Section 7 (1-5).+ 



Where any expense is incurred by a tenant in providing any of the requirements 

 of the Act, such expense shall be borne by the tenant and landlord, in the absence 

 of any agreement to the contrary, in the following proportion — Section 15 (i) : — 



If the tenant's interest is — 



(a) for less than three years, the whole shall be payable by the landlord ; 



(b) for three years or less than five years, three-fourths by the landlord and 



one-fourth by the tenant ; 



(c) for five years or upwards, the whole by the tenant ; provided that if the 



interest of a tenant be for less than five years, and he commences 

 sheep-farming without the written consent of the landlord, the tenant 

 shall bear the whole cost — Section 15 (2). 



The Governor in Council may appoint Inspectors, who shall have free entry 

 into any shearing shed or building provided for accommodation of shearers — 

 Section 15 (1-2) — Penalty for obstruction, ^20 — Section 5 (3). Every Inspector shall 

 carry a certificate of his appointment, which shall be shown to an employer on 

 demand. 



An Inspector may order the requirements of the Act to be complied with ; 



failure to carry out same renders the employer liable to prosecution ; and the 



penalty for not fulfilling the order of the Court entails a fine of ;i^io, and £1 

 for each day in default — Section 11 (1-4). 



By direction of the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, 



W. A. N. ROBERTSON, B.V. Sc, 



Live Stock Division, Department of Agriculture. 



* " Shearer " means any person employed in work connected with shearing, but does not include 

 regular employes or members of employers family. 



t " Employer " means any person owning, having control of, or superintending at any shearing 

 shed. 



% The 1911 award of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration provides that the 

 employer may deduct such cost after notifying the shed representative in writing. 



