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[Ch. 55.]

Settlement of disputes as to pay and conditions of service.

62. As from the date when railways of which under the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1871, and retained under the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, cease to be in possession of the Minister, and until otherwise determined by twelve months' notice on either side (such notice not to be given before the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-three), all questions relating to rates of pay, hours of duty or other conditions of service of employees to whom this Part of this Act applies shall, in default of agreement between the railway companies and the railway trade unions, be referred to the Central Wages Board, or, on appeal, the National Wages Board, as reconstituted under this Act.

Establishment of councils.

63.—(1) Arrangements shall be made for establishing for each railway company affected one or more councils, consisting of officers of the railway company and representatives of the men employed by the company elected by those men.

(2) The constitution and functions of any such council shall be such as may be determined by schemes made in manner hereinafter appearing, it being understood that the functions of the council shall generally be such as are mentioned in paragraph (16) of the Report of the Reconstruction Committee on the Relations between Employers and Employed, dated the eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and seventeen.

Reconstitution of Central and National Wages Boards.

64.—(1) As from the passing of this Act, the Central Wages Board and the National Wages Board shall be reconstituted in the following manner:—

(a) the Central Wages Board shall be composed of eight representatives of the railway companies and eight representatives of the railway employees. The railway companies' representatives shall be appointed by the railway companies. The employees' representatives shall be appointed by the railway trade unions, four by the National Union of Railwaymen, two by the 55