Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 1955

Extension of Part VI of Act of 1946 to other persons.

2. (1) In Part VI of the Act of 1946 “worker” shall include any person being—

(a) a servant of a local authority,

(b) a servant of a vocational education committee,

(c) a servant of a committee of agriculture,

(d) a health inspector,

(e) a nurse employed by a mental hospital authority within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945),

(f) an officer of a public assistance authority whose duties relate mainly to home assistance within the meaning of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939).

(2) The Government may by order extend the meaning of “worker” in Part VI of the Act of 1946 to include any specified class of officer of a local authority and may by order revoke any such order.