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Agricultural wages areas and committees for such areas.
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4.—(1) The Minister shall, before the commencement of this Act, by order do the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) group the several wages districts in Saorstát Eireann into such and so many areas (in this Act referred to as agricultural wages areas) as he thinks proper;
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(b) declare, in respect of the committee to be established under this section for each agricultural wages area, that the number of ordinary members of such committee shall be the number (not being less than two for each wages district included in such area) specified in such order.
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(2) After the commencement of this Act the Minister may, in any calendar year, by order, made not later than the 30th day of September in such calendar year, do the following things:—
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(a) group any two or more wages districts into such and so many new agricultural wages areas as he thinks proper;
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(b) declare, in respect of the committee to be established under this section for such one new agricultural wages area or, where more than one new agricultural wages area is constituted by such order, for each such new agricultural wages area, that the number of ordinary members of such committee shall be the number (not being less than two for each wages district included in such area) specified in such order.
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(3) Every order made under the immediately preceding sub-section shall come into force on the 1st day of January next following the date of such order.
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(4) Whenever an order is made under sub-section (2) of this section, then as on and from the date on which such order comes into force, each agricultural wages area existing before the said date which includes any wages district to which such order relates shall cease to exist, and the committee for such agricultural wages area shall be dissolved.
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(5) In this section the expression “the appropriate number” when used in relation to the ordinary members of the committee for an agricultural wages area means the number declared by an order made under this section to be the number of ordinary members for such committee.
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(6) On the commencement of this Act there shall be established for each agricultural wages area constituted by the order made under sub-section (1) of this section a committee to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.
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(7) Whenever the Minister makes an order under sub-section (2) of this section then as on and from the date on which such order comes into force there shall be established for each agricultural wages area constituted by such order a committee to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.
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(8) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to the committee for an agricultural wages area (including a new agricultural wages area established by virtue of an order made under sub-section (2) of this section), that is to say:—
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(a) such committee shall consist of a chairman and the appropriate number of ordinary members;
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(b) the chairman shall be the person who is the Chairman of the Agricultural Wages Board;
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(c) the ordinary members shall be nominated by the Minister;
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(d) one half of the ordinary members shall be persons who are, in the opinion of the Minister, representative of agricultural employers in the said area and the other half shall be persons who are, in the opinion of the Minister, representative of agricultural workers in the said area;
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(e) the Minister in nominating the ordinary members shall nominate, in respect of each wages district included in such area, at least one person who is, in the opinion of the Minister, representative of agricultural employers in such wages district and at least one person who is, in the opinion of the Minister, representative of agricultural workers in such wages district;
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(f) the Minister shall, before the date on which such committee is established, nominate the appropriate number of persons to be ordinary members, and each of the persons so nominated is in this sub-section referred to as a first ordinary member;
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(g) the Minister shall, unless such committee will, at the expiration of such calendar year, be dissolved by the operation of sub-section (4) of this section, in the calendar year in which such committee is established, but subsequent to the date of establishment, and in every subsequent calendar year other than a calendar year at the expiration of which such committee will be dissolved by the operation of the said sub-section (4), nominate the appropriate number of persons to be ordinary members;
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(h) every first ordinary member shall, unless he sooner dies or resigns, hold office from the date of the establishment of such committee until the 31st day of December next following the said date;
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(i) every ordinary member (other than a first ordinary member or a person nominated to fill a casual vacancy) shall, unless he sooner dies or resigns, hold office for a period of twelve months from the 1st day of January next following the date of his nomination;
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(j) an ordinary member retiring on the expiration by effluxion of time of his term of office shall be eligible for renomination;
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(k) whenever a vacancy (in this sub-section referred to as a casual vacancy) occurs amongst the ordinary members by the death or resignation of an ordinary member, the Minister shall nominate a person to fill such vacancy and the person so nominated shall, unless he sooner dies or resigns, hold office until the next following 31st day of December;
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(l) in appointing a person to fill a casual vacancy the Minister shall have regard to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this sub-section.
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(9) A member of the committee for an agricultural wages area may resign his office as such member by letter addressed and sent to the secretary of such committee and every such resignation shall take effect upon the receipt of such letter by the secretary.
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(10) A committee for an agricultural wages area may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the membership of such committee.
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(11) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance appoint a secretary for each committee for an agricultural wages area.
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(12) The Minister may by regulations made by him under this Act regulate the procedure of committees for agricultural wages areas.
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