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Central Office of the Industrial Tribunals: Docks and Harbours

Description and record details

Reference LAB 54
Title Central Office of the Industrial Tribunals: Docks and Harbours
Date 1967-1974
Description

Files of appeals made to industrial tribunals against decisions under the Docks and Harbours Act 1966.

Related material

For unregistered papers concerning dock labour, see LAB 101

For registered files of the Arbitration Tribunals, see LAB 3

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Physical description 9 file(s)
Access conditions Open unless otherwise stated
Accruals Series is not accruing.
Administrative/ biographical background

The Docks and Harbours Act 1966 s51 provided for reference to industrial tribunals any question of (i) whether certain work was dock work; and (ii) whether any place was in, or in the vicinity of, a port to which a labour scheme for the time being applied. A question was referred to the tribunals by the National Dock Labour Board, the Licensing Authority, an employer of dock labour, a trade union on behalf of employees or by a court.