Commonwealth Coal Commissioner
Commonwealth Commissioner [II]
8 March 1944 – 14 January 1949
Statutory wartime authority that governed and directed the production, treatment, handling, supply, distribution, marketing and consumption of coal, with powers to fix prices and to open or reopen mines.
How it came into existence
Created by the Coal Production (War-time) Act 1944, which took effect on 8 March 1944 and abolished the Commonwealth Coal Commission, whose coal control functions the Commissioner took over; Part V of the same Act set up the Central Industrial Authority for the industry's industrial matters.
- Control of coal production, supply and distribution
Legislation: Coal Production (War-time) Act 1944
Changes during its life
- Control of coal production and distribution in New South Wales
How it ended
Its role was curtailed once the Joint Coal Board was constituted in 1947 under the Coal Industry Act 1946; the office ceased on 14 January 1949 under the 1948 Act repealing the Coal Production (War-time) Act 1944.
Main functions
- Direction of coal production, treatment and handling
- Control of coal supply, distribution, marketing and consumption
- Fixing of coal prices
- Opening and reopening of coal mines
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