40. A petition for certification shall not be renewed within three months of its refusal by the Tribunal or withdrawal by a petitioning association unless the petition is not admissible under section 27.1, the withdrawal occurs following a union or amalgamation of the territories of local municipalities school service centres, or school boards, an integration of personnel with a metropolitan community or the establishment of a transit authority.
R. S. 1964, c. 141, s. 31; 1969, c. 47, s. 18; 1977, c. 41, s. 1, s. 25; 1983, c. 22, s. 22; 1988, c. 84, s. 701; 1993, c. 67, s. 110; 1996, c. 2, s. 219; 2000, c. 56, s. 218; 2001, c. 26, s. 28; 2015, c. 15, s. 237; 2020, c. 12020, c. 1, s. 31013.