Section 8 of the Act of 2004 is amended -

(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of "negotiations",

(b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), by the deletion of "or an excepted body",

(c) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), by the deletion of "or excepted body",

(d) in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), by the deletion of -

(i) "or excepted body", and

(ii) "or an excepted body",

(e) in paragraph (d) of subsection (1), by the deletion of "or an excepted body",

(f) in paragraph (c) of subsection (2), by the deletion of "or an excepted body",

(g) in paragraph (i) of subsection (2), by the deletion of "or an excepted body",

(h) in paragraph (ii) of subsection (2), by the deletion of "or an excepted body", and

(i) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

"(5) In this section, 'collective bargaining’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 1A of the Act of 2001 and that section shall apply to this section in the same manner as it applies to that Act.".