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Short title. 25.(1) This Act may be cited as the Wages Councils Act (Northern Ireland), 1945. Subs.(2) rep. by SLR (NI) 1952 Sections 7 and 8. 1. A wages council or central co-ordinating committee shall consist of persons appointed by the Ministry, being (a)not more than three persons chosen by the Ministry as being independent persons; (b)such number as the Ministry thinks fit of persons who, in its opinion, represent employers in relation to whom the council or, as the case may be, the councils in question, is or are to operate; and (c)such number as the Ministry thinks fit of persons who, in its opinion, represent workers in relation to whom the council or, as the case may be, the councils in question, is or are to operate. 2. Of the persons appointed under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule, one shall be appointed by the Ministry to act as chairman, and another may be appointed by the Ministry to act as deputy chairman in the absence of the chairman. 3. Before appointing a person under sub-paragraph (b) or sub-paragraph (c) of the said paragraph 1, the Ministry shall consult any organisations appearing to it to represent employers, or, as the case may be, workers, concerned, and the persons appointed under those sub-paragraphs shall be equal in number. 4.The Ministry may appoint a secretary and such other officers as it thinks fit of a wages council or central co-ordinating committee. 5. The proceedings of a wages council or central co-ordinating committee shall not be invalidated by reason of any vacancy therein or by any defect in the appointment of a member. 6. A wages council or central co-ordinating committee may, if it thinks fit, delegate any of its powers under this Act (except, in the case of a wages council, the power to submit wages regulation proposals) to a committee or, as the case may be, sub-committee consisting of such number of persons, being members of the council or committee, as the council or committee thinks fit; Provided that the members of the committee or sub-committee representing employers and the members of the committee or sub-committee representing workers shall be equal in number. 7. The Ministry may make regulations as to the meetings and procedure of a wages council or central co-ordinating committee and of any committee or, as the case may be, sub-committee thereof, including regulations as to the quorum and the method of voting, but, subject to the provisions of this Act and to any regulations so made, a wages council or central co-ordinating committee and any committee or, as the case may be, sub-committee thereof may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit. 8. The term for which a member of a wages council or central co-ordinating committee is to hold office shall be such as may be determined by the Ministry at the time of his appointment, and the conditions subject to which he is to hold office shall be such as may be prescribed. 9. There may be paid to the members of a wages council or central co-ordinating committee appointed under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule such remuneration, and to any member of any such council or committee, such travelling and other allowances, as the Ministry may, with the consent of the Ministry of Finance, determine, and all such remuneration and allowances shall be defrayed as part of the expenses of the Ministry in carrying this Act into effect. Second Schedule rep. by 1976 NI 16 art.82(3) sch.7. Third Schedule rep. by SLR (NI) 1952Fifth Schedule rep. by SLR (NI) 1952
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