Industrial Relations Act, 1976

Modification of Second Schedule to Principal Act.

5.—The Second Schedule to the Principal Act (which relates to the constitution, officers and proceedings of joint labour committees), shall apply to the joint labour committee established under section 4 of this Act subject to the following modifications:

(a) the chairman and not more than two independent members of the committee shall be appointed by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries;

(b) the representative (employers) members of the committee shall be appointed by the Court from a panel prepared and presented to the Court by the Minister after consultation with such organisation or organisations representative of agricultural employers as the Minister thinks fit and with the consent of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries;

(c) the representative (workers) members of the committee (to a number equal to the number of representative (employers) members) shall be appointed by the Court from a panel prepared and presented to the Court by the Minister after consultation with such organisation or organisations representative of agricultural workers as the Minister thinks fit and with the consent of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries;

(d) paragraph 2 (2) shall not apply.