123. An existing contract between a public institution and a resource to whom this Act applies remains in force until the coming into force of an agreement signed under section 32, and ceases to have effect on that date, except for elements it comprises which the parties may include in a specific agreement referred to in section 55.
To that end, all rules, compensation rates or scales, agreements determining the general conditions, terms and conditions under which activities are carried out and services are delivered by the resources, as well as all other elements determined under the legislative provisions introduced in the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) by the Act to amend the Act respecting health services and social services (2003, chapter 12) are applicable until the date mentioned in the first paragraph. This section applies, with the necessary modifications, to the resources to whom this Act applies but who are not represented by a recognized association, until the elements mentioned in section 64 come into force.