# Wages Councils Act 1979, Section 9: General duty of wages councils to consider references by government departments


(1) A wages council shall consider, as occasion requires, any matter referred to it by the Secretary of State or any government department with reference to the industrial conditions prevailing as respects the workers and employers in relation to whom it operates, and shall make a report upon the matter to the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, to that department.
(2) A wages council may, if it thinks it expedient so to do, make of its own motion a recommendation to the Secretary of State or any government department with reference to the said conditions and, where such a recommendation is so made, the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, that department, shall forthwith take it into consideration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/12/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wages-councils-act-1979/section-9
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