IntroductionN.I.
64.—(1) This Part applies if—N.I.
(a)the Court has issued a declaration that a union is (or unions are) recognised as entitled to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of a bargaining unit, and
(b)provisions relating to the collective bargaining method apply in relation to the unit.
(2) In such a case, in this Part—
(a)references to the original unit are to the bargaining unit on whose behalf the union is (or unions are) recognised as entitled to conduct collective bargaining, and
(b)references to the bargaining arrangements are to the declaration and to the provisions relating to the collective bargaining method which apply in relation to the original unit.
(3) For this purpose provisions relating to the collective bargaining method are—
(a)the parties' agreement as to the method by which collective bargaining is to be conducted with regard to the original unit,
(b)anything effective as, or as if contained in, a legally enforceable contract and relating to the method by which collective bargaining is to be conducted with regard to the original unit, or
(c)any provision of this Part that a method of collective bargaining is to have effect with regard to the original unit.
65. References in this Part to the parties are to the employer and the union (or unions) concerned.N.I.