An Act to amend the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures (S.C. 2017, c. 9)

Marginal note:Bill C-4

• 70 (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill C-4, introduced in the 1st Session of the 42nd Parliament and entitled “An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act” (in this section referred to as the other Act) receives royal assent.

• (2) If section 8 of the other Act comes into force before section 10 of this Act, then that section 10 is repealed.

• (3) If section 10 of this Act comes into force before section 8 of the other Act, that section 8 and the heading before it are replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:2003, c. 22, s. 2

  Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act

  8 Subsections 64(1) and (1.1) of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act are replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Conditions for certification

  • 64 (1) After having determined the unit appropriate for collective bargaining, the Board must certify the applicant employee organization as the bargaining agent for the bargaining unit if the Board is satisfied

    • (a) that a majority of employees in that bargaining unit wish the applicant employee organization to represent them as their bargaining agent;

    • (b) that the persons representing the employee organization in the making of the application have been duly authorized to make the application; and

    • (c) if the applicant is a council of employee organizations, that each of the employee organizations forming the council has vested appropriate authority in the council to enable it to discharge the duties and responsibilities of a bargaining agent.

• (4) If section 8 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 10 of this Act, then that section 10 is deemed never to have come into force, and is repealed.

Marginal note:Bill C-5

• 71 (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if Bill C-5, introduced in the 1st Session of the 42nd Parliament and entitled “An Act to repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1” (in this section referred to as the other Act) receives royal assent.

• (2) If section 1 of the other Act comes into force before section 2 of this Act, then paragraph 57(1)(s) of this Act is repealed.

• (3) If section 1 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 2 of this Act, then paragraph 57(1)(s) of this Act is deemed never to have come into force, and is repealed.