1) A designated employer may object to a compliance order by making written representations to the Director-General within 21 days after receiving that order.
2) If the employer shows good cause at any time, the Director-General may permit the employer to object after the period of 21 days has expired.
3) After considering the designated employer's representations and any other relevant information, the Director-General-
a) may confirm, vary or cancel all or any part of the order to which the employer objected; and
b) must specify the time period within which that employer must comply with any part of the order that is confirmed or varied.
4) The Director-General must, after making a decision in terms of subsection (3), and within 60 days after receiving the employer's representations, serve a copy of that decision on that employer.
5) A designated employer who receives an order of the Director-General must either-
a) comply with that order within the time period stated in it; or
b) appeal against that order to the Labour Court in terms of section 40.
6) If a designated employer does not comply with an order of the Director-General, or does not appeal against that order, the Director-General may apply to the Labour Court for that order to be made an order of the Labour Court.