Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974

Collective agreements, etc., basing remuneration on sex of employees.

5.—(1) Where after the commencement of this Act an agreement or order to which this section applies contains a provision in which differences in rates of remuneration are based on or related to the sex of employees, such a provision shall be null and void.

(2) This section applies to—

(a) a collective agreement made after the commencement of this Act,

(b) an employment regulation order within the meaning of Part IV of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , made after the commencement of this Act,

(c) a registered employment agreement within the meaning of Part III of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 , registered in the Register of Employment Agreements after the commencement of this Act, and

(d) an order made by the Agricultural Wages Board under section 17 of the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 , after the commencement of this Act.