the interruption of that service would endanger the life, personal safety or health of the whole or any part of the population of Liberia. When the National Tripartite Council is considering whether to recommend a service to be an essential service, the following requirements apply: except in the case of an urgent application under paragraph k), the National Tripartite Council shall give notice in the Gazette of any investigation that the National Tripartite Council intends to conduct as to whether it should recommend that all or part of a service be designated as an essential service, which notice shall indicate the service or part of a service that is to be the subject of the investigation; invite interested parties to make written submissions within a period stated in the notice; and state the date, time and place of any hearing to be held in accordance with paragraph b) ii). the National Tripartite Council may hold a public hearing at which persons who made written submissions may make oral representations; after having considered the written submissions and oral representations, the National Tripartite Council may decide whether or not to recommend the designation of the or the part of a service that was the subject of the investigation as an essential service; and shall forward its report and recommendations to the President. On receipt of the recommendations of the National Tripartite Council, the President shall consider those recommendations and if the President decides to designate any part of a service as an essential service, the President shall publish a notice of designation of that essential service in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Liberia. In making a decision under paragraph c), the President is not bound by or obliged to follow the recommendation of the National Tripartite Council. In addition to publishing a notice in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Liberia as contemplated in paragraphs b) i) and c), the National Tripartite Council or the President, as the case maybe, shall, through any other available means, publish the information contained in the notice, in order to ensure that the individuals whose interests are affected by the notices receive the information.
the interruption of that service would endanger the life, personal safety or health of the whole or any part of the population of Liberia. When the National Tripartite Council is considering whether to recommend a service to be an essential service, the following requirements apply: except in the case of an urgent application under paragraph k), the National Tripartite Council shall give notice in the Gazette of any investigation that the National Tripartite Council intends to conduct as to whether it should recommend that all or part of a service be designated as an essential service, which notice shall indicate the service or part of a service that is to be the subject of the investigation; invite interested parties to make written submissions within a period stated in the notice; and state the date, time and place of any hearing to be held in accordance with paragraph b) ii). the National Tripartite Council may hold a public hearing at which persons who made written submissions may make oral representations; after having considered the written submissions and oral representations, the National Tripartite Council may decide whether or not to recommend the designation of the or the part of a service that was the subject of the investigation as an essential service; and shall forward its report and recommendations to the President. On receipt of the recommendations of the National Tripartite Council, the President shall consider those recommendations and if the President decides to designate any part of a service as an essential service, the President shall publish a notice of designation of that essential service in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Liberia. In making a decision under paragraph c), the President is not bound by or obliged to follow the recommendation of the National Tripartite Council. In addition to publishing a notice in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Liberia as contemplated in paragraphs b) i) and c), the National Tripartite Council or the President, as the case maybe, shall, through any other available means, publish the information contained in the notice, in order to ensure that the individuals whose interests are affected by the notices receive the information.