52. The certified association shall give to the employer, or the latter shall give to the certified association, at least eight days’ written notice of the day and hour when and the place where its or his representatives will be ready to meet the other party or his or its representatives for the purpose of making a collective agreement.
The certified association or the employer may give such a notice within the 90 days preceding the expiration of the agreement, unless another period is provided for therein.
The certified association or the employer may give such notice within the 90 days preceding the expiration of an arbitration award made in lieu of a collective agreement.
In the case of a collective agreement referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 45.2, the certified association or the employer may give such notice within 30 days following the deemed expiration of the agreement.
R. S. 1964, c. 141, s. 40; 1969, c. 47, s. 27; 1969, c. 48, s. 25; 1977, c. 41, s. 34; 1999, c. 40, s. 59; 2003, c. 26, s. 7.