§ 24. Where an approved closed shop agreement is made between one or more employers and one or more trade unions, any reference in section (Special provisions for approval of closed shop agreement) of this Act to an employer to whom the agreement applies shall be construed as a reference to that employer or any of those employers, as the case may be.
§ 25. Where an approved closed shop agreement is made between an employers' association and one or more trade unions—
- (a) if the agreement is expressed to be made by the employers' association on behalf
441 of one or more employers specified in the agreement, any reference in section (Special provisions for approval of closed shop agreement) of this Act to an employer to whom the agreement applies shall be cnstrued as a reference to that employer or any of those employers, as the case may be, but - (b) in any other case, any reference in that section to an employer to whom the agreement applies shall be construed as a reference to any employer who is for the time being a member of that employers' association, whether he was a member of it on the date on which the agreement was made or not.
§ 26. In this Schedule approved closed shop agreement' has the meaning assigned to it by section (Special provisions for approval of closed shop agreement) (1) of this Act and ' charity' has the meaning assigned to it by section 9(3) of this Act.—[Mr. R. Carr.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Question put, That the Schedule be added to the Bill:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 266, Noes 154.
§ [For Division List 333 see col. 839.]