Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 1955

In short

This law expands the definition of "worker" under Part VI of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946, to include various individuals employed by local authorities. Its main purpose is to extend certain industrial relations provisions to these specific groups of public sector employees.

What it regulates

The definition of "worker" within Part VI of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946.
The inclusion of specific types of local authority employees under the scope of industrial relations.
The process for the Government to further extend the meaning of "worker" to other local authority officers.
The parliamentary oversight of orders made under this Act.

Who it concerns

Servants of local authorities, vocational education committees, and committees of agriculture.
Health inspectors.
Nurses employed by mental hospital authorities.
Officers of public assistance authorities whose duties relate mainly to home assistance.

Key points

"Worker" in Part VI of the 1946 Act now includes servants of local authorities, vocational education committees, and committees of agriculture.
It also includes health inspectors, nurses employed by mental hospital authorities, and officers of public assistance authorities dealing with home assistance.
The Government can issue orders to further expand the definition of "worker" to other specified classes of local authority officers.
Any order made under this Act must be presented to each House of the Oireachtas and can be annulled if a resolution is passed within 21 sitting days.

Legal text

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(2)of section 4 of the Act of 1946. Extension of Part VI of Act of 1946 to other persons. 2.

(1)In Part VI of the Act of 1946 “worker” shall include any person being— (

a)a servant of a local authority, (
b)a servant of a vocational education committee, (
c)a servant of a committee of agriculture, (
d)a health inspector, (
e)a nurse employed by a mental hospital authority within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945), (
f)an officer of a public assistance authority whose duties relate mainly to home assistance within the meaning of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939).

(2)The Government may by order extend the meaning of “worker” in Part VI of the Act of 1946 to include any specified class of officer of a local authority and may by order revoke any such order. Laying of orders before Oireachtas. 3.—Every order made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either House, within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the order has been laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. Short title and collective citation. 4.—

(1)This Act may be cited as the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 1955.

(2)The Act of 1946 and this Act may be cited together as the Industrial Relations Acts, 1946 and 1955. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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