183. The Government shall, after consulting the pension committee referred to in section 164, appoint three arbitrators for a period not exceeding two years. It shall also appoint, in the same manner and for a period not exceeding two years, substitutes to replace the arbitrators whenever they are absent, unable to act or having an excess of work.
The Government shall also appoint, after consulting the pension committee referred to in section 173.1, two arbitrators and a substitute for a period not exceeding two years.
At the expiry of their term, the arbitrators and the substitutes shall remain in office until they are replaced or reappointed.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, an arbitrator may be appointed by the president of the Commission des relations du travail established by the Labour Code (chapter C-27) in the case of the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 if the plan so provides.
1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1991, c. 14, s. 26; 1994, c. 20, s. 20; 1996, c. 53, s. 42; 2000, c. 32, s. 36; 2001, c. 31, s. 344; 2001, c. 26, s. 155; 2006, c. 55, s. 34.