Wages Councils Act 1979

Wages Councils Act 1979[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to wages councils and statutory joint industrial councils.
Citation1979 c. 12
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent22 March 1979
Commencement22 April 1979[c]
Repealed25 September 1986
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesWages Councils Act 1959
Repealed byWages Act 1986
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Wages Councils Act 1979 (c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to wages councils and statutory joint industrial councils in Great Britain.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 31(3) of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in schedule 7 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 69 Wages Councils Act 1959 The whole act.
1968 c. 64 Civil Evidence Act 1968 In the Schedule, the paragraph relating to the Wages Councils Act 1959.
1968 c. 73 Transport Act 1968 In Schedule 11, the paragraph relating to the Wages Councils Act 1959.
1972 c. 68 European Communities Act 1972 In Schedule 4, in paragraph 9(4), the words " and in section 19(3)(b) of the Wages Councils Act 1959 ".
1973 c. 38 Social Security Act 1973 In Schedule 27, paragraph 21.
1974 c. 52 Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 In Schedule 3, paragraph 9.
1975 c. 71 Employment Protection Act 1975 Sections 89 to 96.
In section 127(1), paragraph (a).
Schedules 7 and 8.
In Schedule 17, paragraph 11 and, in paragraph 12, the words "section 11 of the Wages Councils Act 1959".
1976 c. 3 Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 In section 2(3), the words "section 19(3)(b) of the Wages Councils Act 1959".

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 32(2) of, and part II of schedule 5 to, the Wages Act 1986, which came into force on 25 September 1986.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 32(1).
  2. ↑ Section 32(3).
  3. ↑ Section 32(2).

References

  1. ↑ Dickens, R.; Gregg, P.; Machin, S.; Manning, A.; Wadsworth, J. (1993). "Wages Councils: Was There a Case for Abolition?". British Journal of Industrial Relations. 31 (4): 515–529. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.1993.tb00411.x.
  2. ↑ "Wages Councils Act 1979", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1979 c. 12
  3. ↑ "Wages Act 1986", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1986 c. 48
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