Procedure of conciliation board
55(1)A conciliation board shall as soon as possible after the receipt by it of the statement referred to in section 54, endeavour to bring about agreement between the parties in relation to the matters set forth in the statement.
55(2)Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a conciliation board may determine its own procedure, but shall give full opportunity to both parties to present evidence and make representations.
55(3)The chairman of a conciliation board may, after consultation with the other members of the board, fix the times and places of its sittings and shall notify the parties of the times and places so fixed.
55(4)The chairman of a conciliation board and one other member constitute a quorum, but in the absence of a member at any sitting of the board the other members shall not proceed unless the absent member has been given reasonable notice of the sitting.
55(5)A decision of a majority of the members of a conciliation board on any matter referred to it is a decision of the board thereon.
55(6)The chairman of a conciliation board shall forward to the Board a detailed statement signed by him of the sittings of the conciliation board and of the members and witnesses present at each sitting.
1968, c.88, s.55; 1994, c.52, s.5