Workplace Relations Act 2015

70

Provisions consequent upon transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities

70. (1) Anything commenced and not completed before the dissolution day by or under the authority of the Employment Appeals Tribunal may—

(a) in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Commission by section 66, be carried on or completed on or after the dissolution day by the Commission, and

(b) in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Labour Court by that section, be carried on or completed on or after the dissolution day by the Labour Court.

(2) (a) Every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in the performance of a function transferred by section 66 to the Commission, shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the dissolution day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by the Commission.

(b) Every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in the performance of a function transferred by section 66 to the Labour Court, shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the dissolution day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by the Labour Court.

(3) References to the Employment Appeals Tribunal in the memorandum or articles of association of any company shall, on and after the dissolution day, be construed as references to the Labour Court.

(4) A certificate signed by the Minister that any property, right or liability has or, as the case may be, has not vested in the Labour Court under section 67 or 68 shall be sufficient evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the fact so certified for all purposes.