{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wages-councils-act-1979/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wages-councils-act-1979/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/12",
  "legislation_title": "Wages Councils Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wages-councils-act-1979",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Disputes between employers' and workers' representatives",
  "text": "(1) If in the opinion of either the persons appointed to represent employers or the persons appointed to represent workers on a statutory joint industrial council, a dispute has arisen on any question and cannot be settled by the members of the council, those persons may request the Service to attempt to bring about a settlement of the dispute and the Service shall attempt to do so accordingly.\n(2) If the Service is unable to bring about a settlement of any such dispute, the Service shall refer the dispute for settlement to the arbitration of—\n(a) one or more persons appointed by the Service for that purpose (not being an officer or servant of the Service); or\n(b) the Central Arbitration Committee.\n(3) Where more than one arbitrator is appointed under subsection (2)(a) above, the Service shall appoint one of the arbitrators to act as chairman.\n(4) Any determination of the arbitrator, arbitrators or Committee on a dispute referred to him, them or it under this section shall be final and binding on the statutory joint industrial council and its members, and the council shall make an order under section 14 below or take any other steps which may be necessary to give effect to the determination.\n(5) Part I of the 1950 c. 27.Arbitration Act 1950 shall not apply to an arbitration under this section.\n(6) In the application of this section to Scotland, references to an arbitrator shall be construed as references to an arbiter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/12/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:18:27.390175+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}