Trade Union Act, 1942

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 23/1942
• Year: 1942

Number 23 of 1942.
TRADE UNION ACT, 1942.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section 1. Definitions. 2. Extension of “excepted body” in section 6 of the Act of 1941. 3. Exemption in certain cases from requirement of holding negotiation licence. 4. Inspection free of charge by officer of the Minister of register of members of trade union. 5. Appeal from refusal of membership of trade union having exclusive right of organisation. 6. Repeal of certain provisions of the Act of 1941. 7. Short title and collective citation.
Acts Referred to Trade Union Act, 1941 No. 22 of 1941 Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 No. 53 of 1936 Apprenticeship Act, 1931 No. 56 of 1931
Number 23 of 1942.
TRADE UNION ACT, 1942.
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE TRADE UNION ACTS, 1871 TO 1941. [9th December, 1942.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
	Definitions.	1.—In this Act—
	the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
	the expression “the Act of 1941” means the Trade Union Act, 1941 (No. 22 of 1941).
	Extension of “excepted body” in section 6 of the Act of 1941	2.—In section 6 of the Act of 1941, the expression “excepted body” shall include a body all the members of which are employed by the same employer and which carries on negotiations for the fixing of the wages or other conditions of employment of its own members (but of no other employees).
	Exemption in certain cases from requirement of holding negotiation licence.	3.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act of 1941, a body which negotiates on a board in relation to which this section is applicable shall not, by reason only of so negotiating, be required to be the holder of a negotiation licence issued under Part II of the Act of 1941.
	(2) In this section, the expression “board in relation to which this section is applicable” means any of the following bodies, that is to say:—
	(a) a trade board established under the Trade Board Acts, 1909 and 1918,
	(b) the Agricultural Wages Board,
	(c) a committee established under the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936 (No. 53 of 1936),
	(d) an apprenticeship committee established under the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931),
	(e) a joint industrial council recognised by the Minister, a joint conciliation or arbitration board so recognised, or any similar body so recognised.
	(3) A certificate of the Minister that a body is or is not recognised for the purposes of this section by him shall be conclusive evidence in all proceedings of the matters which it certifies.
	Inspection free of charge by officer of the Minister of register of members of trade union.	4.—(1) Paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1941 shall have effect as if it provided that a register of members of a trade union kept in pursuance of that section shall, in the case of an inspection thereof by an officer of the Minister authorised in writing to inspect such register, be kept open for inspection free of charge.
	(2) Paragraph (d) of...