Section 244 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Existing collective employment contracts and collective bargaining

244 Existing collective employment contracts and collective bargaining Subject to section 246 , a collective employment contract that is continued in force by section 243 is, for the purpose of sections 40(2) and 41 and Part 8 , to be treated as if it were a collective agreement and as if the date of the expiry of that collective agreement were the earlier of— (a) the date on which the collective employment contract is expressed to expire; or (b) 31 July 2003.