5. For the purposes of this Act, a federation of savings and credit unions or a confederation of savings and credit unions within the meaning of the Savings and Credit Unions Act (chapter C-4.1) is deemed, upon the forwarding of a notice to the Commission de l’équité salariale, to form a single enterprise. The federation or confederation is thereupon the employer of all the employees of the savings and credit unions and, where applicable, of the federations of savings and credit unions affiliated with it. The federation or confederation shall inform the employees and the certified associations within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27) representing employees of the savings and credit unions or federations of the forwarding or revocation of a notice hereunder.