A statutory council that is not sufficiently representative within its registered scope may submit a collective agreement on any of the matters mentioned in section 43(1)(a), (b) or (c) to the Minister. The Minister must treat the collective agreement as a recommendation made by the wage board in terms of the Wage Act.
The Minister may promulgate the statutory council's recommendations as a determination under the Wage Act if satisfied that the statutory council has complied with sections 7 and 9 of the Wage Act. For that purpose the provisions of sections 7 and 9 to 12 of the Wage Act, read with the changes required by the context, apply to the statutory council as if it was the wage board.
The determination must provide for-
exemptions to be considered by an independent body appointed by the Minister; and
The Minister may in a determination impose a levy on all employers and employees in the registered scope of the statutory council to defray the operational costs of the statutory council.
A statutory council may submit a proposal to the Minister to amend or extend the period of any determination and the Minister may make the amendment to the determination or extend the period by notice in the Government Gazette.