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TH DECEMBER 1945] 4 P ART I - SECT 6

Variation and revocation of wages council orders.

6.(1) The Ministry may at any time by order abolish, or vary the field of
operation of, a wages council, and the provisions of the last preceding
section shall apply in relation to any such order as they apply in relation to
wages council orders:

Provided that

(a)where any of the wages councils affected by the order is one of the
councils in relation to which a central co-ordinating committee has been
established under the subsequent provisions of this Part of this Act, the
Ministry, before making the order, shall consult that committee and take into
consideration any observations which that committee may make to the Ministry
within fourteen days from the date on which the Ministry first consults it;

(b)where the order directs that a wages council shall cease to operate in
relation to any workers and that another wages council shall operate in
relation to them, but, save as aforesaid, does not affect the field of
operation of any wages council

(i)the provisions of the last preceding section shall not apply; but

(ii)before making the order, the Ministry shall consult the councils
concerned; and

<(iii)when the order is made the Ministry shall publish it in the prescribed manner and it shall come into operation on the date on which it is so published or on such later date as is specified in the order.


(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the preceding
sub-section, an application for the abolition of a wages council may be made
to the Ministry jointly by organisations of workers and organisations of
employers which represent respectively substantial proportions of the workers
and employers with respect to whom that council operates, on the ground that
[the existence of a wages council is no longer necessary for the purpose of
maintaining a reasonable standard of remuneration for the workers with respect
to whom that wages council operates], and where such an application is made,
the Ministry shall either make an order giving effect to the application or
refer the application to [the Agency] to inquire into and report thereon; and
where an application is so referred to [the Agency], the last preceding
section shall, in relation to an order made in pursuance of a recommendation
of [the Agency], have effect as if any reference in that section to a
wages council recommendation included a reference to the recommendation
aforesaid.

(3) Where an order of the Ministry directs that a wages council shall cease to
operate in relation to any workers and that another wages council shall
operate in relation to them, the order may provide that anything done by, or
to give effect to proposals made by, the first-mentioned council shall have
effect in relation to those workers as if it had been done by, or to give
effect to proposals made by, the second-mentioned council and may make such
further provision as appears to the Ministry to be expedient in connection
with the transition.

(4)Where an order of the Ministry under this section directs that a
wages council shall be abolished or shall cease to operate in relation to any
workers, then, save as is otherwise provided by the order, anything done by,
or to give effect to proposals made by, the wages council shall, except as
respects things previously done or omitted to be done, cease to have effect
or, as the case may be, cease to have effect in relation to the workers in
relation to whom the council ceases to operate.

Subs.(5) rep. by 1976 NI 16 art.82(3) sch.7[

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