59(1)Where an employers’ organization claims that by reason of a merger or amalgamation it is the successor of an employers’ organization, other than an accredited employers’ organization, that at the time of the merger or amalgamation represented employers in collective bargaining with a bargaining agent or as a party to a collective agreement, the Board, in any proceedings before it or on the application of any person or employer concerned, may declare that the successor has or has not, as the case may be, acquired the rights, privileges and duties under this Act of its predecessor, or the Board may dismiss the application.