Section 17: Minimum wage recommendations

(1) In the execution of its functions under section 16 (2) (d) of this Act, the Board may recommend minimum wages to be paid by employers to workers in any specified area; and any such recommendation may include a further recommendation to cancel or vary any wages fixed under section 10 of this Act.
(2) Section 8 (2) and (4) of this Act, shall apply with the necessary modifications to proposed recommendations under subsection (1) above and, where the Board makes a recommendation under the said subsection (1) of this section-
(a) section 10 of this Act shall apply as it applies to a recommendation relating to wages made by an industrial wages board under section 8 (1) or (3) of this Act; and
(b) the references to section 10 in sections 11 and 12 (1) of this Act shall be deemed to include references to section 10 as applied by paragraph (a) of this subsection.