Section 18: Establishment of joint Industrial Council

(1)
Employers and workers in an industry may establish a joint industrial council (referred to in this section and section 19 of this Act as "a Council") for the purpose of negotiating and reaching agreements relating to such matters as are considered by those employers and workers to be matters for negotiating.
(2)
When a Council has been established, it shall register with the Minister its agreed constitution and functions and any changes therein which may be agreed upon from time to time.
(3) Where a Council has agreed on any matter concerning wages or conditions of employment for any specified workers or groups of workers in an industry, it shall register the agreement with the Minister for his information; and the Minister may by an order declare that the provisions of any agreement or part thereof in pursuance of this subsection shall be binding on the workers to whom they relate, and that effect shall be given to them, accordingly.