Section 7: Notice requiring compliance with sections 4 and 6.

(1) The Minister shall, if not satisfied that the requirements of sections 4 and 6 of this Act have been substantially complied with, issue to the parties a notice in writing specifying the steps which must be taken to satisfy those requirements and may specify in the notice the time within which any particular step must be taken.
(2) Where after the expiration of the period specified in the notice issued under subsection (1) above or, if no period is specified, after the expiration of fourteen days following the date the notice is issued, the dispute remains unsettled and the Minister is satisfied-
(a) that the steps specified in the notice have been taken, or
(b) that either party is, for its part, refusing to take those steps or any of them,
the Minister may proceed to exercise such of his powers under section 8, 9, 17 or 33 of this Act as may appear to him appropriate.