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Article 16, paragraph 3, of the Convention. For many years the Committee has been asking the Government to amend section 248 of the Act to organise agricultural relations so as to provide for the notification not only of the employer or his representative of an inspector's presence at the workplace, but also the workers or their representatives. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government indicating that an appropriate amendment is envisaged. The Committee hopes a copy will be forwarded soon.

Articles 26 and 27. In previous comments, the Committee noted that statistical tables appended to the Government's reports did not contain the information required, nor had annual reports on the work of the inspection services in agriculture been published or communicated to the ILO. The Committee notes from the Government's report that instructions have been given to include within an annual report the statistical series required by the Convention. In this regard, the Committee notes that information required by Article 27, paragraphs (a) (laws and regulations relevant to the work of labour inspection in agriculture), (c) (statistics of agricultural undertakings liable to inspection and the number of persons working therein), (f) (statistics of occupational accidents, including their causes) and (g) (statistics of occupational diseases, including their causes), were not included in the most recent annual report the Committee has reviewed, that for 1988. The Committee recalls the importance of annual inspection reports as a means of verifying that legal provisions are being supervised in agricultural undertakings in accordance with Article 21. It hopes that the necessary measures will soon be taken to ensure that a full annual inspection report is properly published and sent to the ILO as required by the Convention.