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Definition of technological change 51 (1) In this section and sections 52 to 55, technological change means (a) the introduction by an employer into their work, undertaking or business of equipment or material of a different nature or kind than that previously utilized by the employer in the operation of the work, undertaking or business; and (b) a change in the manner in which the employer carries on the work, undertaking or business that is directly related to the introduction of that equipment or material. Application of sections 52, 54 and 55 (2) Sections 52, 54 and 55 do not apply, in respect of a technological change, to an employer and a bargaining agent who are bound by a collective agreement where (a) the employer has given to the bargaining agent a notice in writing of the technological change that is substantially in accordance with subsection 52(2), (i) prior to the day on which the employer and the bargaining agent entered into the collective agreement, if the notice requiring the parties to commence collective bargaining for the purpose of entering into that collective agreement was given pursuant to section 48, or (ii) not later than the last day on which notice requ…