PART I LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD — Rules of general application
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(1) Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the board may make rules of general application governing its procedure and that of panels, and in particular, may make rules
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providing for the procedure of hearings;
22(b)
providing for methods for determining appropriate units;
22(c)
providing for the certification of trade unions as bargaining agents for units;
22(d)
providing for the conduct of representation votes;
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providing for the hearing or determination of an application, complaint, question, dispute or difference that may be made or referred to the board or a panel;
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prescribing the forms to be used in respect of a proceeding that may come before the board or a panel;
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prescribing the form in which and the time as of which evidence and information may be presented to the board or a panel in connection with a proceeding that may come before it;
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prescribing the time within which and the other parties or persons to whom notice and other documents are to be sent and the circumstances in which notices shall be considered to have been given or received by the board or a party or person;
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prescribing the form in which and time as of which evidence as to the membership of employees in a trade union, (ii) an objection by employees to the certification of a trade union, or (iii) a signification by employees that they no longer wish to be represented by a trade union are to be presented to the board or a panel upon an application made to it under this Act;
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authorizing a person to act on behalf of the board, and prescribing the matters and things to be done and the action to be taken by that person;
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providing for the delegation to the chief executive officer of the board or other person designated by the minister of the exercise or discharge of the powers and duties of the board or a panel, subject to the conditions that the powers and duties shall be exercised or discharged under the direction and control of the board or the panel;
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prescribing, where an application for certification in respect of a unit has been refused or the rights of a bargaining agent have been terminated, the time when a further application may be made by that applicant in respect of the same unit; and
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making provision for other matters and things that may be incidental or conducive to the proper performance of the duties of the board or a panel under this Act.
22(2)
Subject to a provision of this Act requiring the board to hold a hearing, the board may hold those hearings that it considers advisable and may dispose of an application without a hearing notwithstanding the filing of a request for a hearing under this Act or rules made under subsection (1).
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