The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (Amendment of Memorandum and Articles) Order 1987

23.  Article 70

(a) At the end of the second paragraph there shall be added the following words—

• “Every Divisional, Sub-Divisional, and Area Welfare Committee so established shall consist of equal numbers of persons nominated by one or more of the Unions and of persons nominated by the Corporation. The number of persons to be nominated by a Union shall be determined according to the proportion of persons employed by the Corporation in the area served by the Committee who are members of that Union Provided that, unless every Director appointed by a holder of a Union Share otherwise agrees, a Union shall not have the right to nominate persons to a Divisional, Sub-Divisional, or Area Welfare Committee if the proportion of the persons employed by the Corporation in the area served by the Committee who are members of the Union is less than 10 per cent.”.

(b) At the end of the Article there shall be added the following paragraph—

• “Provided that where any committee established under this Article other than a Divisional, Sub-Divisional, or Area Welfare Committee or a sub-committee of such a committee includes members nominated by or on behalf of one or more of the Unions the proportion of such members who are nominated by or on behalf of a Union shall, unless every Director appointed by a holder of a Union Share otherwise agrees, be determined according to the proportion of such Directors who are appointed by a holder of a Union Share as a nominee of the Union in question.”.