51.5(1)Where a collective agreement or a recognition agreement is entered into between an employer and a trade union or council of trade unions in respect of employees of the employer who are engaged in on-site work, the trade union or council of trade unions may, subject to the rules of the Board, make application to the Board to be certified as bargaining agent of any of the employees of the employer by reference to a geographic area that is larger than the geographic area described in the regulation designating the construction project as a major project.

51.5(2)Subject to subsection (3), on an application for certification under subsection (1), the Board shall forthwith, without a hearing and without notice or without a hearing on such notice as may be required under the rules, certify the trade union or council of trade unions as the bargaining agent for the employees of the employer who are engaged in on-site work by reference to the geographic area described in the regulation designating the construction project as a major project and the order of certification shall be an order under section 14.

51.5(3)If the Board considers it advisable the Board may certify the trade union or council of trade unions as the bargaining agent of the employees of the employer by reference to the geographic area described in the application for certification under subsection (1).

51.5(4)Where the Board certifies a trade union or council of trade unions on an application to which this section applies without notice or without a hearing pursuant to subsection (2), and the employer or another trade union requests a hearing, the Board shall hold a hearing and may revoke or vary the order made under subsection (2).

51.5(5)A request made under subsection (4) for a hearing shall be made within ten days after the certification is issued subject to extension by the Board.