Section 13: Issue of tribunal's award and procedure thereon.

(1) An arbitration tribunal constituted under section 9 of this Act-
(a) shall make its award within twenty-one days of its constitution or such longer period as the Minister may in any particular case allow; and
(b) on making its award shall forthwith send a copy thereof to the Minister, and shall not communicate the award to the parties affected.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, on receipt of a copy of the award of the tribunal the Minister shall immediately cause to be given to the parties or their representatives, and to be published in such other manner (if any) as he thinks fit, a notice-
(a) setting out the awards;
(b) specifying the time (not being more than seven days from the publication of the notice) within which the manner in which notice of objection to the award may be given to the Minister by or on behalf of either party to the dispute; and
(c) stating that, except where notice of objection to the award is given within the time and in the manner so specified by one or both of the parties, the award will be confirmed by the Minister.
(3) Where on the receipt of an award of the tribunal the Minister considers it desirable to do so he may refer the award back to the tribunal for reconsideration and shall not exercise his powers under subsection (2) of this section until the award has been reconsidered by the tribunal.
(4) If no notice of objection to the award of the tribunal is given to the Minister within the time and in the manner specified in the notice under subsection (2) of this section, the Minister shall publish in the Federal Gazette a notice confirming the award and the award shall be binding on the employers and workers to whom it relates as from the date of the award (or such earlier or later date as may be specified in the award).