Section 44.

1. In this Schedule -

"committee" means a joint labour committee;

"the Acts" means the Industrial Relations Acts, 1946 to 1990.

2.

(1) Subject to paragraph 3, a committee shall consist of -

(a) one member (in this Schedule referred to as the independent member) appointed by the Minister and chosen as being an independent person, who shall be chairman of the committee, and

(b) members (in this Schedule referred to as representative members) appointed by the Court being -

(i) such number as the Court thinks fit of persons (in this Schedule referred to as representative (employers) members) who, in the opinion of the Court, represent employers in relation to whom the committee is to operate, and

(ii) an equal number of persons (in this Schedule referred to as representative (workers) members) who, in the opinion of the Court, represent workers in relation to whom the committee is to operate.