45(1)Upon an application for accreditation, the Board shall determine the unit of employers that is appropriate for collective bargaining in a particular geographic area and sector, but the Board need not confine the unit to one geographic area or sector and may, if it considers it advisable, combine areas or sectors or both or parts thereof.

45(2)The unit of employers shall comprise all employers as defined for the purposes of an application for accreditation in the definition “employer” in section 38 in the geographic area and sector determined by the Board to be appropriate.