The proviso of section 3 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906, that a scheme of compensation shall only be certified by the Registrar of Friendly Societies after it has been ascertained by ballot that a majority of the workmen to whom the scheme is applicable are in its favour, does not apply to the re-certification of a scheme already certified under section 3 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1897. Such a scheme is not invalidated by the fact that it ousts the jurisdiction of the County Court Judge as arbitrator under the Act.
Horn v. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1911, 1 K.B. 24, approved.
Decision of the Court of Appeal, 1912, 2 K.B. 26, affirmed.
Earl Loreburn and Lords Shaw, Mersey, and Parker
[1913] UKHL 583, 51 SLR 583
Bailii
England and Wales
Personal Injury, Employment
Updated: 14 January 2022; Ref: scu.632755