CONSTRUCTION WAGES COUNCIL ORDER

CONSTRUCTION WAGES COUNCIL

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.08

CONSTRUCTION

WAGES COUNCIL ORDER

13th January, 1953

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 26 of 1953, as amended by Order No. 1 of

1954; Legal Notices 63 of 1964, 21 of 1969 and 10 of 1971.

The title of this Order is Construction Wages Council

Order.

The Construction Wages Council shall operate in respect

of all employees engaged in building, in civil engineering, and in

mechanical or electrical engineering or work, and in respect of all

employees engaged in marble works and lime kilns.

For the purposes of this Order -

(a) the phrase ''building, civil engineering and mechanical

or electrical engineering work'' includes construction,

re-construction, maintenance, repair, alteration,

painting, decoration or demolition of any building,

road, harbour, dock, pier, bridge, viaduct, sewer,

drain, well or other work of construction, the

preparation for or laying the foundation of any work or

structure, the extraction from the earth of stone, clay,

sand or gravel, the manufacture of pre-cast concrete

masonry and concrete units, the manufacture of

cement tiles, and any plumbing work or electrical

wiring; and

(b) the phrase ''marble works'' and ''lime kilns'' includes

the cutting, dressing, setting and laying of marble

blocks or slabs to make ornamental or protective

services, and the preparation and setting of all marble

objects whether for ornamental purposes or not.

This Order shall not apply to employees employed by

woodwork contractors.