New collective bargaining agreements

Where a trade union which is certified by the Tripartite Body and recognised by the employer or the employers’ organisation replaces another trade union as the bargaining agent for a bargaining unit, and where there is a current collective bargaining agreement in force, it shall be lawful for the trade union with current certification to submit proposals to the employer or the employers’ organisation for the amendment or repeal and replacement of the collective bargaining agreement, before the expiration of such collective bargaining agreement, and the parties thereto may, after negotiating as provided in section 33(2) of this Act, agree to the proposed amendments, or, as the case may be, enter into a new collective bargaining agreement, and such amendments or new agreement shall enter into force within ninety days after execution, but before such entry into force the agreement which was in force shall continue to apply to the bargaining unit.