(a) after consultation with the Director General, and
(b) not later than one month before the 1st day of January each year,
prepare and submit to the Minister a plan (in this section referred to as a "work programme") of the work that the Commission intends to carry out in the year to which the plan relates.
(2) The Minister may issue directions to the Board in relation to the preparation of a work programme.
(a) upon the recommendation of the Director General, or
(b) for the purpose of improving workplace relations generally or in workplaces of a particular class or classes,
direct the Board to prepare and submit to him or her a revised work programme.
(4) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after a work programme or revised work programme has been submitted to him or her under subsection (1), or pursuant to a direction under subsection (3) or this subsection -
(a) approve the work programme or revised work programme,
(b) approve the
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