THE ARBITRATION ACT

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 7

THE ARBITRATION ACT

fiction. : ' ■ ■ ; Every that'lias.'comei 'before/Mr. :P. Hallysincohis appointm'entas a Concilia-,'tioh:'-.Gommis'sibrior'. has been amicably set* tied.'-: Yet,', in;reporting; to the.;'. Clerk .of Awards, : :he' has.invariably signed lis 'name Bnder:tho;:Tpllowin'g;w - ords:V ■■'■■(■:'"■ ~'."•. /;. '"In accordance with.Section^42/of the . : Act,Vl ;havo to notify you that, tho Council'.'. ■'•.' of' Conciliation, appointed •:for .tho pur- v ; poso, hfts.heard. the dispute, and 'that no , : /settlement .has ■ been»arrived ; at," .;...•. _ Tho. explanationV of this. curious!', legal fiction is .-as;'follows :t-A Conciliation Council has. lib power to .make. an -'award,'"but only, to record an;agreement'between, tho parties, and .such agreement is binding only on tho 'parties who agree. ".An award of tho Arbitration Court, on tho other hand; binds all who' aro 'cited, and also, anyone ;who- : may. at/a subsequent! time'.enter ! into the business affected, :Within;tho. district covered bv tlie • award.-:, : . The employers, therefore; always insist, on '!having an!award. . But tho Court cannot,. make, ;an,i award unless thoro is .a dispute.,'VHonco,;..tho' Commissioner reports .that the iCouncil has-failed to effect a settlement. ■!: At the same time, however, ho transmits; a copy, of'the terms' which have really .been.'agroecLupoh. r'fho Court embodies these terms, in, ahi award,' and the'parties aro satisfied. It is that tho three Conciliation/ .Commissioners ;6f the Dominion havo booh in consultation oh ■ the point, and havo all adopted tho'course of action described "■. above.'..' !!';"; ; : :'. '-.'■■-