Who must make up the committee, and does the provision require equal numbers of each kind of representative?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the appointment papers for each committee member and the roster, checking which group each member is said to represent — labour, employer or the public interest — and counting how many sit for each group.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the composition requirement on its own terms: the committee is made up of persons representing workers, persons representing employers and persons representing the public interest, and the number of each must be the same as the others.
Another reading notes what the provision does not reach: it does not say who decides that a given person represents the public interest rather than labour or employers, and it states no consequence if the numbers turn out not to be equal.
Your judgment
If a seat is disputed, what in the appointment papers could show which of the three groups that member was chosen to represent?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change the equal-number requirement or add a category of representative, or if a decision addresses how a member's group is determined or what follows when the numbers differ.