General function of the Agency
83.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Agency to promote the improvement of industrial relations, and in particular to encourage the extension of collective bargaining and the development and, where necessary, the reform of collective bargaining machinery.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the Agency shall exercise such functions as are conferred on it by or under the following provisions of this Order and by any other statutory provision.