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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Schedules

Schedule 7 : Transitional Arrangements

Part E : Disputes and Courts

22. Courts

 

(1) In any pending dispute in respect of which the industrial court or the agricultural labour court had jurisdiction and in respect of which proceedings had not been instituted before the commencement of this Act, proceedings must be instituted in the industrial court or agricultural labour court (as the case may be) and dealt with as if the labour relations laws had not been repealed. The industrial court or the agricultural labour court may perform or exercise any of the functions and powers that it had in terms of the labour relations laws when it determines the dispute.

 

(2) Any dispute in respect of which proceedings were pending in the industrial court or the agricultural labour court must be proceeded with as if the labour relations laws had not been repealed.

 

(2A) In relation to any proceedings which, in terms of this Schedule, are brought or continued before the industrial court, the rules which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were in force under the provisions of paragraph (c) or (d) of section 17(22) of the Labour Relations Act will apply as if those provisions had not been repealed, subject to subitem (2B).

 

(2B) The Minister, after consultation with the president of the industrial court, may make rules in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of section 17(22) of the Labour Relations Act, and, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of that section, may repeal or alter any rule so made as well as any of the rules contemplated in subitem (2A), as if those provisions had not been repealed and the Minister were the Board contemplated in those provisions.

 

(3) Any pending appeal before the Labour Appeal Court established by section 17A of the Labour Relations Act must be dealt with by the Labour Appeal Court as if the labour relations laws had not been repealed.

 

(4) Any pending appeal from a decision of that Labour Appeal Court or any appeal to the Appellate Division from a decision of the Labour Appeal Court in terms of section 17C and section 64 of the Labour Relations Act must be dealt with as if the labour relations laws had not been repealed.

 

(5) Any appeal from a decision of the industrial court or the agricultural labour court in terms of sub-item (1) or (2), must be made to the Labour Appeal Court established by section 167 of this Act, and that Labour Appeal Court must deal with the appeal as if the labour relations laws had not been repealed.

 

(6) Despite the provisions of any other law but subject to the Constitution, no appeal will lie against any judgment or order given or made by the Labour Appeal Court established by this Act in determining any appeal brought in terms of subitem (5).