Wages Councils Act 1979

6 References to the Service as to variation or revocation of wages council orders

(1) The Secretary of State—

(a) shall in any case where an application for the abolition of a wages council has been made to him under section 5 above and he does not thereupon proceed to the making of an order giving effect to the application,

(b) may in any other case where he is considering whether to exercise his power under section 4 above to abolish or vary the field of operation of a wages council;

refer to the Service the question whether the council should be abolished or, as the case may be, its field of operation varied.

(2) On a reference under this section of a question as to the abolition of a wages council the Service, if of the opinion that it is expedient to do so, may make a report to the Secretary of State recommending—

(i) the abolition of the wages council to which the reference relates, or

(ii) the narrowing of the field of operation of the council, and (in either case), if the Service is of the opinion that it is expedient as aforesaid, also recommending the transfer of workers to the field of operation of another wages council, whether already existing or to be established.

(3) On a reference under this section as to the variation of the field of operation of a wages council the Service may make a report to the Secretary of State recommending any such variation (including the transfer of workers to the field of operation of any other wages council, whether already existing or to be established) which appears to the Service desirable in all the circumstances.