In this Part -

"appointed" means, in the absence of an election, appointed by the employees and the basis on which that appointment is made may, if the employees so determine, be such as is agreed by them with the participating companies, or the resulting company as the case may be;

"Commission" means the Workplace Relations Commission;

"consultation" means the establishment of dialogue and exchange of views between the representative body or the employees' representatives (or both) and the competent organ of the resulting company or companies at a time, in a manner and with a content which allows the employees' representatives, on the basis of the information provided, to express an opinion on measures envisaged by the competent organ which may be taken into account in the decision making process within the resulting company;