2015 LABOUR AMENDMEN"T No.5 (d) (d) the Minister, where written notice of his or her proposed measures to avoid retrenchment were first made in terms of subsection (2a)(b): or whereupon the Retrenchment Board or the Minister, as the case may be. shall, no later than tturty days after Board or the Minister has received the employer's notice, accept or reject the employer's proposed measures to avoid retrenchment."; by the insertion after subsection (7) of the following subsections"(8) If an agreement is reached in terms of subsection (2) with the employees alone, or with a workers committee or works council not having a representative of a registered trade union as a member, an employer shall give written notice of the agreement to-(a) the employment council established for the undertaking or industry; or (b) the Retrenchment Board, if there is no employment council for the undertaking concerned; no later than fourteen days after the employer begins implementing the agreement. (9) If the employment council or Retrenchment Board is concerned that an agreement referred to in subsection (8) is not in the best interests of the employees concerned or of employees in the industry to which the undertaking belongs, or is otherwise contrary to the interests of employees generally or the public interest, it shall refer the agreement to the Minister, and the Minister may, after- (a) inviting and considering any written representations by the employer concerned~ and consulting with the appropriate advisory council, if any, appointed in terms of section 19; nullify the agreement by written notice to the employer (or nullify it by a specified date if the employer does not make specified changes to the agreement), without, however, affecting the validity of anything done in good faith under the agreement before the date of such nullification, or exposing the employer to any liability for anything done in good faith before that date in accordance with the agreement that is contrary to any employment regulations, collective bargaining agreement or other contract or agreement applicable to the employees concerned.". (b) 7 Amendment of section 31 of Cap. 28:01 Section 31 ("When trade union may act as agent union")(2) of the principal Act is amended by the insertion after "to the Minister in writing," of the words "together with the prescribed fee,". 8 Amendmerrl of section 33 of Cap. 28:01 Section 33 ("Application for registration") of the principal Act is amended(a) in subsection (1) by the insertion after "in the prescribed form,'' oft he words "together with the prescribed fee"; (b) by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection-"(3) Where a document is lost by a trade union. employer's organisation or federation, any person may make an application of the replacement of such document to the Registrar on payment of a prescribed fee.". i23