1. 1. ACAS was actually set up in September 1974, but the statute under which it was set up was theEmployment Protection Act1975.
2. 2. Employment Protection Act 1975 . Part I, 1 (2 ). Part I of this Act is entitled ?Machinery for the improvement of industrial relations?.
3. 5. The Conciliation Act (1896) made provisions for the appropriate Minister to use third-party intervention to bring about a settlement of trade disputes.