Acts and Regulations

I-4 - Industrial Relations Act

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Conciliation Board – appointment
62(1)A board of conciliation appointed under section 36 shall consist of three members appointed in the manner provided in this section.
62(2)Where the Minister has decided to appoint a conciliation board, he shall forthwith, by notice in writing, require each of the parties, within seven days after receipt by the party of the notice, to nominate one person to be a member of the conciliation board, and upon receipt of the recommendations or upon the expiration of the seven-day period, the Minister shall appoint two members who, in his opinion, are representative of the different points of view of the respective parties.
62(3)The two members appointed under subsection (2) shall, within five days after the day on which the second of them is appointed, nominate a third person to be a member and chairman of the conciliation board, and the Minister shall, upon receipt of the recommendation or upon the expiration of the five-day period, appoint a third person to be a member and chairman of the conciliation board.
62(4)When the conciliation board has been appointed, the Minister shall forthwith notify the parties of the names of the members of the board and thereupon the board shall be deemed to have been constituted or established.
62(5)Where the Minister has given notice to parties that a conciliation board has been appointed under this Act, it shall be conclusively presumed that the conciliation board described in such notice has been established in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and no order shall be made or process entered or proceedings taken in any court, whether by way of injunction, judicial review, or otherwise, to question the granting of the conciliation board or the appointment of any of its members, or to review, prohibit or restrain any of its proceedings.
62(6)No person shall act as a member of a conciliation board who has any pecuniary interest in the matters referred to the board or who is acting, or has, within a period of six months preceding the date of his appointment, acted in the capacity of solicitor, legal adviser, counsel, or paid agent of either of the parties.
1971, c.9, s.63; 1986, c.4, s.26