Seanad debates

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages

 

Government amendment No. 77: In page 53, to delete the text inserted by amendment 110 at Seanad Committee and substitute the following:"Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1946 75.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 4of the Workplace Relations Act 2014, 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,",and(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.".".

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