19(1)Sections 10, 11, 13 to 18, 20, 38 and 40 apply mutatis mutandis to an application for certification by a council of trade unions, but, before the Board certifies such a council as bargaining agent for the employees of an employer in a bargaining unit, the Board shall satisfy itself that each of the trade unions that is a constituent union of the council has vested appropriate authority in the council to enable it to discharge the responsibilities of a bargaining agent.

19(2)Where the Board is of opinion that appropriate authority has not been vested in the applicant, the Board may postpone disposition of the application to enable the constituent unions to vest such additional or other authority as the Board deems necessary.

19(3)For the purposes of sections 14 and 15, a person who is a member of any constituent trade union of a council shall be deemed by the Board to be a member of the council.