Electricity (Special Provisions) Act, 1966

Reference of certain disputes to Labour Court or to arbitration.

4.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 11 of the Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Act, 1942 , section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1949 , or section 67 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , a dispute specified in the said section 11 or the said section 5 shall, at the option of the party or parties (other than the Board) to the dispute be referred to the Labour Court.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the said section 11, the said section 5 or the said section 67, a dispute specified in the said section 11 or the said section 5 shall, if the Board or the other party or parties to the dispute so requests or request, be referred to and determined by the arbitration of a person appointed by the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

(3) Where a dispute is referred to the Labour Court under this section, the Labour Court shall investigate the dispute.