PART VIIDUTIES OF EMPLOYERS IN RESPECT OF THEIR WORKFORCES
General
Procedure in case of default by Crown bodies68
1
This Article applies where—
a
the Commission asks a public authority acting on behalf of the Crown for an undertaking under Article 57 and the undertaking is not given;
b
an undertaking is given under that Article by such a public authority, but is not complied with; or
c
such a public authority is, or is in the opinion of the Commission, in breach of any duty under Article 52, 55, 56, 60, 64 or 67 or under regulations under Article 53 or 54,
and, accordingly, Articles 57(3), 58 and 65 do not apply in relation to such a public authority.
2
The Commission shall send a report of the circumstances of the failure to comply with the Commission's request or with the undertaking or other breach of duty—
a
where a Minister of the Crown is the public authority or is generally responsible for matters falling within the scope of the functions of the public authority, to the Minister; and
b
in any other case, to the Northern Ireland Minister generally responsible for matters falling within the scope of the functions of the public authority.
3
Where a report is sent to a Minister of the Crown he shall lay it before Parliament, and where a report is sent to a Northern Ireland Minister he shall lay it before the Assembly.