Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1988

Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act—

“agreement” has the meaning specified in section 6 of this Act;

“appropriate day” means a day appointed by an appropriate officer for the purposes of section 4 of this Act;

“appropriate officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of this Act;

“enactment” includes a statutory instrument;

“the Principal Act” means the Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act, 1977 ;

“representatives of employees” has the meaning specified in section 6 of this Act;

“specified body” means a body specified in the First Schedule (as amended by this Act) to the Principal Act.

(2) (a) In sections 3 (b) and 4 (1) of this Act, references to “employees of the body” shall, in case the specified body is Aer Lingus, be construed as a reference to “the employees of Aer Lingus and Aerlinte”.

(b) In section 6 of this Act, references to “the specified body” shall, in case the specified body is Aer Lingus, be construed as a reference to “Aer Lingus and Aerlinte” and references in that section to “representatives of the specified body”, to “representatives of the employees of the specified body” and to “employees of the specified body” shall be construed accordingly.