Workplace Relations Act 2015
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Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1946 | ||
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74. Section 21 of the Act of 1946 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), by— | ||
(i) the substitution of “The Court may, for the purposes of any proceedings before it under this Act, the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 or Part 4 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, or any investigation under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 , do all or any of the following things” for “The Court may for the purposes of any proceedings before it under this Act or any investigation under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 do all or any of the following things”, and | ||
(ii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b): | ||
“(b) take evidence on oath and, for that purpose, cause to be administered oaths to persons attending as witnesses before it,”, | ||
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection: | ||
“(4) A document purporting to be signed by the chairman or the registrar of the Labour Court stating that— | ||
(a) a person named in the document was, by summons under subsection (1), required to attend before the Labour Court on a day and at a time and place specified in the document, and | ||
(b) a sitting of the Labour Court was held on that day and at that time and place, | ||
shall, in proceedings for an offence under this section, be evidence of the matters so stated unless the contrary is shown.”. |