Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act 2022

This Act may be cited as the Industrial Disputes

(Amendment) Act, No. 24 of 2022.

Section 46 of the Industrial Disputes Act

(Chapter 131) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the repeal of subsections (1), (2) and (3) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:–

“(1) Any party to any proceeding under this Act taken by or before any authorized officer, arbitrator, industrial court or labour tribunal or the Commissioner may, act through an Attorney-at-law or a representative of the party.

For the purposes of this Act, a representative of a party shall–

where the party is a trade union, or consists of two or more trade unions, be a person to represent such union or each such union;

where the party consists partly of any trade union or unions and partly of employers or workmen who are not members of any such union, be a person to represent such union or of each such union and a prescribed number of persons nominated in accordance with regulations by such employers or workmen;

where the party consists of employers or workmen, be a prescribed number of persons nominated by such employers or workmen.”.

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.