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declare that undertaking, or every undertaking of that class or description, to be a controlled undertaking, and thereupon the following provisions shall have effect as respects every under- taking to which the order relates-
(a) the undertakers shall carry on the undertaking in accordance with orders made or directions given by a com- petent authority, and such orders or directions may, in particular-
(1) require the undertakers to employ upon such work and for such period as may be specified in the order or directions, such persons, or such class or description of persons, or such number of persons, or such number of persons of such class or description, as may be so specified;
(ii) fix the price or remuneration to be paid for any articles produced or supplied or services rendered by the undertakers (whether to a competent authority or otherwise) in accordance with the order or directions;
(6) no obligation or limitation imposed on the undertakers by or by virtue of any Ordinance or other instrument determining their functions shall prevent or excuse the under- takers from complying with any such order or directions;
(c) with a view to ascertaining whether any such orders or directions with respect to an undertaking are complied with, any person authorized in that behalf by a competent authority may at any time enter and inspect any premises used or appropriated for the purposes of the undertaking.
(2) In this regulation-
(a) "article" includes electricity and any sub- stance, vehicle or vessel;
(5) **undertaking" means any public utility under- taking or any enterprise concerning industry, commerce, agricul- tute or any fishery, and "undertakers" in relation to any such enterprise means the persons by whom it is carried on;
(c) "production or distribution undertaking" means an undertaking which, in the opinion of the competent authority, is or should be principally engaged upon the production distri- bution rendering or supply of articles or services required in the public interest.
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employ- general or special instructions of the Governor, direct any person ment. in the Colony to perform such services therein as may be specified by the direction, being services which that person is, in the opinion of the authority, capable of performing.
(2) Any services required by a direction given under this regulation to be performed shall be performed upon such
terms as to remuneration and conditions of service as the com- petent authority may, in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, direct :
Provided that in determining the terms upon which any such services are to be performed the authority shall have regard to any rates of salary, fees or wages for the performance of those services which appear to him to be usual, and, in particular, în the case of services usually rendered under a contrart of servior, shall have regard to any determination relating to the remunera- tion and conditions of service of persons employed in the district in the capacity and in the trade in which the person to whom the direction relates is to serve, being a determination containul in an agreement between organizations representative of employers and workers or in a decision of an arbitration hoard or other similar body or, in the absence of any such determination, shall have regard to the remuneration and conditions of service in practice prevailing among good employers in that trade in the district.
(3) Any directions given by a competent authority under this regulation may, in accordance with his instructions, he given on his behalf by any person duly authorized in writing by him.
(4) A competent authority may, subject to any general or special instructions of the Governor, by order make provision for regulating the engagement of workers by employers and the duration of their employment, and for giving effect to the fore- going provisions of this regulation, and may, in particular, provide by any such order-
(a) for requiring persons to register such particulars about themselves as may be prescribed by or under the order;
(b) for requiring persons carrying on any under- taking to keep such books, accounts and records relating to the undertaking as may be prescribed by or under the order;
(c) for requiring persons carrying on, or employed in connexion with, any undertaking, to produce to such person as may be designated by or on behalf of the competent authority