SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE TRADE DISPUTES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1999

(NO. 8 OF 1999)

Passed by the National Parliament this twenty-third day of November 1999.

Assented to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty’s behalf this tenth day of December 1999.

Date of Commencement: date of publication in the Gazette

AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRADE DISPUTES ACT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Trade Disputes (Amendment) Act, 1999.

Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 75.

2. Section 2 of the Trade Disputes Act (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act") is hereby amended in the following respects –

(a) in subsection (2) by deleting the word "Chairman" and substituting therefor the words "Chairman, a Deputy Chairman";

(b) in subsection (3) by inserting immediately after the word "Chairman" wherever the word occurs in that subsection, the words "and the Deputy Chairman";

(c) in subsection (5) by deleting the word "Chairman" and substituting therefor the words "Chairman, Deputy Chairman"; and

(d) in subsection (7) by inserting immediately after the word "Chairman", the words "or Deputy Chairman".

Amendment of section 3.

3. Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects –

(a) in subsection (1) –

(i) by inserting immediately after the word "Chairman" the words "or the Deputy Chairman, as the case may be,"; and

(ii) by deleting the words "with him" and substituting therefor the words "with the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman, as the case may be.";

(b) in subsection (2) by inserting therein immediately after the words "references to the Chairman" the words "or the Deputy Chairman, as the case may be";

(c) in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) by inserting immediately after the words "the Chairman" the words "or the Deputy Chairman, as the case maybe".

Insertion of new section 3A.

4. The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 3 the following new section as section 3A –

"Delegation of functions

3A. (1) Subject to this section, where the Chairman is required or permitted by this Act to perform any function, the exercise or performance of such function may be delegated by the Chairman to the Deputy Chairman.

(2) A delegation under subsection (1) shall be by instrument in writing and may be made subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument of delegation.

(3) A function delegated under subsection (1) shall be exercised or performed in accordance with the instrument of delegation and is revocable at will by the Chairman.

(4) Whenever the office of Chairman is vacant or the holder of the office is absent from Solomon Islands or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his office, those functions shall be performed by the Deputy Chairman."

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