8(1)On the commencement of subsection 3(1), Local 37 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers shall be deemed to have been certified by the Labour and Employment Board, pursuant to the
Public Service Labour Relations Act, as the bargaining agent of each of the bargaining units of the employees who are included in a bargaining unit and whose employment is continued under subsection 7(1), and that bargaining agent has the same rights, duties and obligations that existed before the continuation.