Industrial Relations Act, 1969
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Extension of Part VI of Principal Act. |
17.—(1) In Part VI of the Principal Act “worker” shall include any person who is— | |
(a) a servant of a local authority, | ||
(b) an officer of a class specified in the schedule to the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (Part VI, Extension) Order, 1956 (S.I. No. 92 of 1956), | ||
(c) a servant of a vocational education committee, | ||
(d) a servant of a committee of agriculture, | ||
(e) a nurse employed by a mental hospital authority within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1966, or | ||
(f) an officer of a public assistance authority whose duties relate mainly to home assistance within the meaning of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 , | ||
and such other persons as stand designated for the time being by the Minister for Finance. | ||
(2) The Minister for Finance may from time to time— | ||
(a) designate for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section any persons (other than established civil servants within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956 ) employed by virtue of section 30 (1) (g) of the Defence Act, 1954 , or employed by or under the State, and | ||
(b) at the request of the persons concerned, cancel the designation of any persons under this subsection. | ||
(3) The Government may by order amend the definition of “worker” in Part VI of the Principal Act and may by order revoke or amend any order under this section. |