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  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if the CAC decides under paragraph 85(1) that the support of the union (or unions) within the new unit needs to be assessed.\n(2) The CAC must decide whether members of the union (or unions) constitute at least the required percentage (see paragraph 171B) of the workers constituting the new unit.\n(3) If the CAC decides that members of the union (or unions) do not constitute at least the required percentage of the workers constituting the new unit—\n(a) the CAC must issue a declaration that the bargaining arrangements, so far as relating to workers falling within the new unit, are to cease to have effect on a date specified by the CAC in the declaration, and\n(b) the bargaining arrangements shall cease to have effect accordingly.",
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