Kinematograph year book (1944)

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106 The Kinematograph Year Book. THE LEGAL SURVEY. By NORMAN HART, B.A. (Solicitor to the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association.) DURING the year 1943 there have not been so many Orders passed as in the previous years, so I shall just deal shortly with some which I consider of most importance to the Kinema industry. Catering Wages Act of 1943. This may affect the Industry where cafes and restaurants are run in conjunction with Kinematograph Theatres and the proprietors of such cafes and restaurants are called upon to keep certain records, and a special Catering Wages Commission will be appointed to deal with regulating the remuneration and conditions of employment of catering and other workers in connection therewith for their health and welfare and the general improvement and development of the industries in which they are employed. War Damage (Amendment) Act, 1943. This was introduced to amend sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the War Damage Act and to make consequential amendments and to supply certain omissions from the provisions enacted by that Act and the War Damage (Amendment) Act, 1942, as to rent-charges. Clause 1 of the Schedule to the Act contains the only substantial amendment to the existing law. As the law stood, the test as to whether the compensation should take the form of a Value payment or a Cost of Works payment had to be applied at the time when the reinstatement of the property would be practicable and permissible and the estimates had to be made in relation to some date in the future, which, no doubt, would have been after the war. Under this Act the estimates are to be based on prices and values prevailing on March 31, 1939, the result of which will probably be that there will be a larger number of " cost of works " payments. Clause 2 of the Act makes certain amendments as to rent-charges. War Damage Act, 1943. This Act came into force in order to consolidate the 1941 Act, the 1942 Amendment Act, and the 1943 Amendment Act, and repealed those three Acts except so far as they contained provisions relating to the War Risks Insurance Act, 1939. Control of Employment (Notice of Termination of Employment) Order, 1943. (S.R. and O. 1943, No. 1173). Under this Order it is incumbent upon all employers, including proprietors of Kinematograph Theatres, to give written notice to the local office of the Ministry of Labour and National Service immediately any male employee between the ages of 18 and 65, and female employee between the ages of 18 and 60 give or receive notice to terminate employment. Should an employee leave at a moment's notice then notice must be given immediately to the local Employment Exchange. In this connection I would, however, point out that if an employee is directed to other work in accordance with Regulation 58a of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939, then the exhibitor should see the local National Service Officer and arrange as to his keeping such employee. It is not advisable to ignore the position and wait until the employee is summoned for acting in contravention of the Regulation.