Effect of notice to bargain collectively
46Where notice to bargain collectively has been given, any term or condition of employment applicable to the employees in the bargaining unit in respect of which the notice was given that may be embodied in the collective agreement and that was in force on the day the notice was given, shall remain in force and shall be observed by the employer, the bargaining agent for the bargaining unit and employees in the bargaining unit, except as otherwise provided by any agreement in that behalf that may be entered into by the employer and the bargaining agent, until such time as
(a)
a collective agreement has been entered into by the parties and no request for arbitration or for declaration that a deadlock exists in respect of that term or condition of employment, or in respect of any term or condition of employment proposed to be substituted therefor, has been made in accordance with this Act, or
(b)
an arbitral award in respect of that term or condition of employment, or in respect of any term or condition of employment proposed to be substituted therefor, has been made in accordance with this Act, or
(c)
a deadlock in respect of that term or condition of employment, or in respect of any term or condition of employment proposed to be substituted therefor, has been declared, and the employees in the bargaining unit have authorized strike action in accordance with this Act.