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1. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1.1 This Agreement applies to all employers and all employees who are parties to this Agreement and who are engaged in the Textile Industry, as defined in the registered scope of the Bargaining Council, which consists of the following subsectors/sections:
1.1.1 Woven Crochets Knitted Narrow Fabric Subsector which, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the manufacture of woven or crochet or knitted tape, in the strip or in the piece, being rigid or elasticised, having a warp and a weft, with selvedge on either side, and being not more than 250 mm in width and the dyeing, printing and the finishing thereof, including labels and trims manufactured and subsequently slit. It is specifically recorded that all bias binding/clothing accessory and braided products are covered, and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.1.2 Manufactured Fibres Subsector which, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the making of: manufactured fibres, including the manufacture and distribution of polymers or other materials from which manufactured fibres are derived, and the dyeing and/or finishing and/or processing in any manner whatsoever of such fibres, polymers or materials, and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.1.3 Carpets Subsector which, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the manufacture and/or converting of all types of carpets, rugs, carpet tiles and broadloom carpets, and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.1.4 Wool and Mohair Section which, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the purpose of handling and/or receiving and/or grading and/or sorting and/or weighing and/or cataloguing and/or washing and/or carbonising and/or combing and/or bleaching and/or shrink proofing wool, mohair, and/or similar fibres and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.1.5 Worsted Section which, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the purpose of manufacturing worsted tops and/or noils; worsted yarns and/or worsted fabrics; and woollen and/or mixed yarns and/or woollen or mixed cloths and/or by-products from wastes or other products, and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.1.6 Woven Cotton Textile Products Subsector, which without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the—
A. manufacture of yarn from any combination of the following raw materials: cotton; spun silk; rayon, including viscose; acetate; cup ammonium; nylon; and/or any other synthetic or man-made fibre, including all waste and/or by-products from any or all such fibres (but excluding the manufacture of any worsted processed yarn for use in the worsted part of the Industry);
B. manufacture of any woven cloth or fabric, from any or all of the raw materials and/or wastes and/or yarns mentioned in "A" (above), including manufactured filament yarns;
C. printing and/or dyeing and/or finishing and/or processing of any raw materials, and/or wastes, and/or yarns and woven fabrics mentioned in "A" and "B", and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.1.7 Non-Woven Textiles Subsector which, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the manufacture of all types of non-woven textile products, including but not limited to flock, wadding, padding, felt, under-felt, medical wadding, cotton wool and needle-punched, stitch-bonded, spun-bonded; chemically-bonded, thermo-bonded or laminated textile fibre materials, and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.1.8 Home Textiles Section which, without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the manufacture of household textiles; textile furnishings; towels and towelling; and any other made-up textiles, and includes all operations and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon; but excludes the manufacture of any garments and other products that are covered by the jurisdiction of the national clothing bargaining council;
1.1.9 Blankets Section, which without in any way limiting the ordinary meaning of the expression, means that part of the Industry in which employers and employees are associated, either in whole or in part, for any activity whatsoever, for the manufacture of—
A. all types of blankets and blanketing (not limited to blanketing, throws, travelling rugs and shawls, whether un-raised, raised, plain, dyed, printed, blanketing in roll-form or otherwise treated) made by woven, knitted (circular or warp), needle-punch, tufted, malipol, malimo processes;
B. yarns for sale or on commission, if such yarns in the final weight of woollen, worsted, acrylic, cotton, mohair or mixed composition yarns measure 5 000 metres or more (50d-tex or more) to the kilogram, for use in the manufacture of the articles referred to in paragraph A, and includes all operations, products and activities incidental thereto and consequent thereon.
1.2 This Agreement also applies to those non-party employers and employees to whom this Agreement has been extended by the Minister.
2. PERIOD OF OPERATION
This Agreement shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Minister of Labour in terms of section 32 (2) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, and shall remain in force until 31 December 2008.
3. EXCEPTIONS
3.1 The provisions of this Agreement shall not apply to employees whose wages are not prescribed herein, unless otherwise specific in this Agreement.
3.2 Subject to clause 1.2 the provisions of this Agreement shall not apply to non-parties in respect of clause 1.1 and clause 34.
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