Section 16
Section 16
If there are existing in any trade or industry arrange-ments for settlement by conciliation or arbitration of dis-putes in such trade or industry, or any branch thereof, made in pursuance of an agreement between organisations of em-ployers and organisations of workers representative respec-tively of substantial proportions of the employers or work-ers engaged in that trade or industry -
(a)
the Minister shall not, unless and until there has been a failure to obtain settlement by means of these arrangements, refer the matter for settle-ment in -:lccordance with the provisions of section 19; and
(b)
the Commissioner of Labour shall not, un-less and until there has been a failure to obtain settlement by means of these arrangements, exer-cise his powers under paragraph (c) of subsection
(1)
of section 17.