Power of Minister to establish wages councils

Subject to this Part, the Minister may by Order (hereinafter in this Act referred to as a “wages council order”) establish a wages council to perform, in relation to the workers described in the Order and their employers, the functions specified in this Act, in any case in which he is satisfied that no adequate machinery exists for the effective regulation of the remuneration of such workers, or that the existing machinery is likely to cease to exist or be adequate for that purpose, and that it is expedient that such a council be established.