Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977
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Interpretation. |
1.—In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1963” means the Companies Act, 1963 ; | ||
“Aer Lingus”, except in the Schedule to this Act, means Aer Lingus Teoranta; | ||
“Aerlinte” means Aerlinte Éireann Teoranta; | ||
“appropriate number” has the meaning assigned to it by section 23 of this Act; | ||
“collective bargaining negotiations” means negotiations between any employer, employers' organisation or other body of persons representative of employers on the one hand and any organisation or other body of persons representative of employees on the other hand, being negotiations which are concerned with the remuneration or other terms or conditions of employment, or the working conditions, of employees; | ||
“company” means a company within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 1963; | ||
“designated body” means a body to which this Act applies (and which is specified in the Schedule to this Act); | ||
“election” means an election pursuant to this Act; | ||
“election year” means a year which by virtue of section 6 of this Act is an election year; | ||
“elector” means, in relation to an election, a person who is entitled under this Act to vote at the election; | ||
“employee” means, in relation to a designated body, a person employed in a whole-time capacity by the body under a contract of service or apprenticeship and for the purposes of sections 9 (4) (w) and 10 of this Act a person employed in such a capacity by Aerlinte under such a contract shall be regarded as being an employee of Aer Lingus; | ||
“list of electors” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9 (4) (w) of this Act; | ||
“the Minister”, save where the context otherwise requires, means the Minister for Labour; | ||
“nomination day”, subject to sections 13 (6) and 14 (3) of this Act, means in relation to an election, the day fixed by the Minister pursuant to section 6 (2) of this Act as regards the election; | ||
“ordinary director” means a person who is a director of a company which is a designated body and who is appointed or nominated to be such director otherwise than under this Act; | ||
“ordinary member” means a person who is a member of any designated body specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Act and who is appointed to be such member otherwise than under this Act; | ||
“polling day” has the meaning assigned to it by section 12 (1) of this Act; | ||
“polling period” has the meaning assigned to it by section 12 (1) of this Act; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act; | ||
“preliminary poll” has the meaning assigned to it by section 13 (1) of this Act; | ||
“returning officer” means, in relation to a designated body, the person who as regards the body is for the time being by virtue of section 7 of this Act the returning officer for the purposes of this Act; | ||
“specified day” has the meaning assigned to it by section 15 (2) of this Act; | ||
“stated day” has the meaning assigned to it by section 8 of this Act; | ||
“trade union” has the same meaning as in the Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1975. |