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Rh Wages, conditions of employment, and training of persons employed by programme contractors.

25.—(1) The wages paid by any programme contractor to persons employed by him in connection with his business as such and the conditions of employment of persons so employed shall, unless agreed upon by the programme contractor or any organisations representative of programme contractors and by organisations representative of the persons employed, be no less employed by favourable to the person employed than the wages which would be payable, and the conditions which would have to be observed, under a contract which complies with the requirements of any resolution of the House of Commons for the time being in force applicable to contracts of Government departments.

(2) If any dispute arises as to what wages ought to be paid, or what conditions ought to be observed, in accordance with subsection (1), it shall (if not otherwise disposed of) be referred by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service to the Central Arbitration Committee for settlement.

(3) Where any award has been made by the Central Arbitration Committee upon a dispute referred to that Committee under subsection (2), then, as from the date of the award or from such other date, not being earlier than the date on which the dispute to which the award relates first arose, as the Committee may direct, it shall be an implied term of the contract between the employer and workers to whom the award applies that the rate of wages to be paid, or the conditions of employment to be observed, under the contract shall, until varied in accordance with the provisions of this section, be in accordance with the award.

(4) The contracts between the Authority and the various programme contractors shall contain such provisions as the Authority think necessary or expedient to ensure that each programme contractor makes adequate provision for the training of persons employed by him in the preparation or making of programmes.

(5) In relation to employment in Northern Ireland, the references in this section to the House of Commons, Government departments, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and the Central Arbitration Committee shall be construed as references to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland departments, the Department of Manpower Services for Northern Ireland and the Industrial Court in Northern Ireland.

Sound programme contracts

Accumulation of interests in sound programme contracts.

26.—(1) Before entering into a sound programme contract the Authority shall seek to ascertain—

(a) whether the person or any of the persons with whom programme the contract is proposed to be made is (either alone or contracts. in partnership with one or more other persons) entitled