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100F: Code of good faith for employment relationships in relation to provision of services by New Zealand Police
or “Rules for treating police workers fairly when they do their job”
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“The Governor-General can change the rules for how the police and their workers should treat each other, but only if the police boss and most of the police workers' groups ask for it.”

The Governor-General can change or replace the code of good faith for employment relationships for the New Zealand Police. This code is in Schedule 1C.

To make these changes, the Minister needs to be asked by the Police Commissioner and service organisations. These service organisations must represent at least three-quarters of the Police’s service organisation members. The Minister also needs to talk to the Minister of Police and anyone else they think is important.

A service organisation is defined in section 55 of the Policing Act 2008.

If an order is made to change the code, it is considered secondary legislation. This means it follows the rules in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for how it should be published.

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100GAmendments to or replacement of code of good faith for employment relationships in relation to provision of services by New Zealand Police

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, amend or replace the code of good faith for employment relationships in relation to the provision of services by the New Zealand Police set out in Schedule 1C.

  2. The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless—

  3. requested to do so by the Commissioner of Police and service organisations representing not less than three-quarters of service organisation members employed by the Police; and
    1. the Minister has consulted the Minister of Police and any other persons and organisations that he or she considers appropriate.

      1. In this section, service organisation has the same meaning as in section 55 of the Policing Act 2008.

      2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 100G: inserted, on , by section 120 of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
      • Section 100G(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).