23Consultation in connection with industrial training orders
In section 1 of the Industrial Training Act 1982 (establishment of industrial training boards), the following subsection shall be substituted for subsections (4) and (5)—
“(4)Before making an industrial training order the Secretary of State shall consult—
(a)such organisations or associations of organisations appearing to him to be representative of substantial numbers of employers, and such bodies established for the purpose of carrying on under national ownership any industry or part of an industry or undertaking, as he thinks fit; and
(b)such other organisations, associations or bodies (if any) as he thinks fit.”