16. Court recommendation to Minister
(1) Subject to this section, the Court shall, where it considers it appropriate to do so, having heard all parties appearing to the Court to be interested and desiring to be heard, and having regard to the submissions concerned and the matters specified in subsection (2), make a recommendation to the Minister.
(2) When making a recommendation under this section, the Court shall have regard to the following matters:
(a) the potential impact on levels of employment and unemployment in the identified economic sector concerned;
(b) the terms of any relevant national agreement relating to pay and conditions for the time being in existence;
(c) the potential impact on competitiveness in the economic sector concerned;
(d) the general level of remuneration in other economic sectors in which workers of the same class, type or group are employed;
(e) that the sectoral employment order shall be binding on all workers and employers in the economic sector concerned.
(3) A recommendation under this section shall -