690 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 24

WHARVES

EXCEPT where otherwise specified, the following rates and charges will be made on goods for shipment
or ex ship and for the other purposes specified, at the places named, in addition to the other rates and
charges made under the preceding sections.

129. General

1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the working hours of the Department are from 8 a.m.
   to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive, and from 8 a.m. to noon on
   Saturday, holidays excepted. Ships discharging or taking in cargo at any other time will be charged,
   in the case of employees engaged by the Department upon or in connection with the working of the
   ship and paid in terms of the Waterfront Industry Tribunal's orders, at the full rates ruling at the
   port less 8c per hour, which latter amount will be paid by the Department. In the case of employees
   engaged by the Department in shunting, tallying, or supervising, or in any way upon or in connection
   with the ship, and who are not paid in terms of the Waterfront Industry Tribunal's orders, the
   ship will be charged for such employees at the ordinary time rate ruling for waterside labour at the
   port less 8c per hour, which latter amount will be paid by the Department.

(b) When two or more ships are working simultaneously during hours other than the working
hours specified in subparagraph (a) hereof and it is necessary for the Department to provide shunting
staff and/or supervision in connection with the working of ships, the charge will be apportioned to
each ship in proportion to the period of time such services are required.

(c) In the case of vessels loading or discharging cargo on a day in respect of which special rates
are payable to the employees of the Department, the ships will be charged such rates less 8c per hour,
which latter amount will be paid by the Department, for all men engaged in connection with the
working of the vessels, and an undertaking must in every case be given before the work is commenced,
that the payment will be made.

2. Special Cargo—(a) Where ships discharge any cargo which by reason of its nature or condition
   comes within any provision of any Waterfront Industry Tribunal's orders or any agreement made
   with the representatives of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Unions at the various ports whether
   or not such agreement is in substitution for any such order, and so requires the payment of a special
   rate exceeding the ruling rates of pay for the handling of such cargo, or for work deemed to be
   incidental to the discharging of the same, then, in such cases, in addition to the rates or charges that
   would be payable for the handling of such goods (or for the work incidental thereto) had they not
   been subject to such provision or agreement as aforesaid, the ships will be charged in respect of all
   workers engaged by the Department and entitled under such provisions or agreement as aforesaid
   to such rate exceeding the ruling rate of pay the extra cost incurred by the Department in the handling
   of such cargo or for the work incidental thereto.

(b) Where by reason of the discharge of any such cargo as aforesaid other workers, exclusive of
those workers mentioned in clause (a) above, working or handling other cargo on the same ship or
engaged on work deemed to be incidental thereto become entitled to the payment of such special
rate exceeding the ruling rates of pay, then the ships will be charged in respect of all workers so
engaged by the Department the extra cost thereby incurred in the employment of such labour.

(c) In every case where the shipowner does not have an office at the port where such extra cost
is incurred, it shall be a condition precedent to the handling or working such cargo that the ship's
agent shall be deemed to have agreed with the Department for the payment by such agent of such
additional cost.

3. Standing-by Time and Minimum Periods—(a) When request is made for labour to be provided
   at a certain time, but owing to rain or other cause the work does not start at the time arranged, or
   when the work has been stopped by rain or other cause and the men stand by at the request of the
   ship's owner or agent, the full time the men are standing by will be charged to the ship: Provided
   that when by any order prescribing the conditions of work of waterside workers it is provided that
   if workers are "ordered down" or "ordered back" they shall be paid as for a minimum period of
   time (computed as from the due time of commencement of the first daily start during the recognised
   working-hours) such period of time shall not be time for which payment shall be made in pursuance
   of the provisions of this subparagraph when work is not commenced owing to weather conditions.

(b) In cases where a ship does not commence loading or unloading operations at the time for which
the waterside labour is ordered down or ordered back, waiting the removal of the ship's hatches, the
loading of the first sling, or other similar cause, and the waterside labour is standing by, the Depart-
ment will pay for such standing-by time up to 15 minutes. When this period of time is exceeded the
time in excess of 15 minutes will be charged to the ship.