Section 1: Establishment of industrial wages boards

(1) The Minister may by order direct that an industrial wages board be established to perform, in relation to the workers described in the order and their employers, the functions specified in the subsequent provisions of this Act, if he is of the opinion that wages are unreasonably low or that no adequate machinery exists for the effective regulation of wages or other conditions of employment of those workers:
Provided that no such order shall be made in respect of local government workers.
(2) The Minister shall, in any order establishing an industrial wages board under this section, determine the area with respect to which the board may exercise any of its powers and perform any of its duties.