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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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(d) Direct the continuation of any existing methods of
engaging labour and paying workers, order variations
thereof, or take over the control of any offices and
staff connected therewith:
(e) Introduce any new method of employing labour or new
system of handling cargo:
(f) Employ all such waterside workers and other persons
as it may think necessary for the loading, unloading,
and storage of cargo:
(g) Prescribe the conditions upon or subject to which any
persons may be employed (whether by the Commission or otherwise) for the loading, unloading, or
storage of cargo at any wharf or wharves, or for
the loading or unloading of any barges, lighters, or
other vessels; and prescribe the terms of such
employment (whether as to remuneration or otherwise) including, if the Commission thinks fit,
provision for a guaranteed weekly minimum payment:
(h) Classify in such manner as it may think fit the workers
available for employment on the waterfront:
(i) Receive, and in its discretion refuse or grant (either
conditionally or unconditionally), applications from
persons desiring to obtain employment on the water-front, or by order in writing signed by any Commissioner authorize any other person or persons so
to do:
(j) Enter into such contracts as it may think fit for the
purpose of exercising its powers and carrying out
its functions under these regulations:
(k) Recover from the owner, agent, or master of any ship
moneys expended on wages or for any other purpose
in connection with the loading, unloading, or storage
of cargo in or from such ship:
(l) For the purpose of providing a guaranteed weekly
minimum payment to workers, impose on the owners,
agents, or masters of ships such levies in respect of
overseas cargo unloaded as the Commission may
think fit, computed in such manner as the Commission from time to time determines, whether by
reference to the value, quantity, weight, or bulk of
the cargo or to the wages paid for its unloading
or otherwise:
(m) Impose levies on the owners, agents, or masters of
ships based on the total wages or earnings paid in
respect of the loading and unloading thereof, to be
applied towards the cost of carrying out the functions
of the Commission:
(n) Enter any premises in which there is reason to believe
that any gear or equipment is stored and take an
inventory thereof, or by order in writing signed by
any Commissioner authorize any other person or
persons so to do:
(o) Hire or by order in writing signed by any Commissioner requisition any gear or equipment used or
suitable for use in the loading, unloading, or storage
of cargo, whether such gear or equipment is at or
on any wharf or not:
(p) Co-ordinate the activities of any persons or bodies
concerned in the use, control, or administration of
any wharf or wharves:
(q) Exclude from any wharf or wharves any person whose
presence on such wharf or wharves is, in the opinion
of the Commission, prejudicial to the expeditious
loading or unloading of cargo or despatch of
shipping:
(r) Suspend for any period it may think fit or exclude
from waterside work any person for misconduct,
refusal, or failure to comply with any reasonable
demands, or for any other good reason: