# Wages Councils Act 1979, Paragraph 2


(1) On the conversion of a wages council to a statutory joint industrial council—
(a) the limits as to the number of persons to be appointed to represent employers and workers on that wages council which are immediately before the date on which that council becomes a statutory joint industrial council for the time being specified by the Secretary of State, shall continue, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, to be the limits in relation to that statutory joint industrial council; and
(b) an employers' association or trade union which immediately before the date on which that wages council becomes a statutory joint industrial council is for the time being nominated by the Secretary of State for the purpose of appointing persons to represent employers or workers on that wages council, shall continue, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, to be so nominated in relation to that statutory joint industrial council.
(2) The Secretary of State may, on the application of a statutory joint industrial council, make such changes in the number of members of the council or in the machinery for appointing them as are necessary or expedient in the circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/12/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wages-councils-act-1979/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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