Marginal note:Presumption

13. For the purposes of this Part, the bargaining agent is deemed to be a person.

Marginal note:Coming into force

14. This Part and Schedule 1 come into force on the expiration of the twelfth hour after the time this Act is assented to.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 15. (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Part.

  “bargaining agent”

  « agent négociateur »

  “bargaining agent” means the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

  “employee”

  « fonctionnaire »

  “employee” means a person employed in the Public Service who is bound by a group specific agreement.

  “employer”

  « employeur »

  “employer” means Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Treasury Board.

  “government services”

  « services gouvernementaux »

  “government services” means the services provided by that part of the Public Service in which the employees are employed.

  “group specific agreement”

  « convention particulière »

  “group specific agreement” means any agreement specified in Schedule 2.

  “master agreement”

  « convention cadre »

  “master agreement” means the collective agreement between the employer and the bargaining agent signed on May 17, 1989, as amended and extended after that date.

• Marginal note:Words and expressions

  (2) Unless otherwise provided, words and expressions used in this Part have the same meaning as in the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

Marginal note:Resumption or continuation of government services

16. On the coming into force of this Part,

• (a) the employer shall resume without delay, or continue, as the case may be, government services; and

• (b) every employee shall, when so required, resume without delay, or continue, as the case may be, the duties of that employee’s employment.