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100D: Code of good faith for public health sector
or “Rules for fair treatment and good behaviour in public health workplaces”
You could also call this:

“The Governor-General can change the rules for being fair in public hospitals if important people agree.”

You can change or replace the code of good faith for the public health sector that’s in Schedule 1B. The Governor-General can do this by making an Order in Council when the Minister recommends it.

The Minister can only recommend changes if Health New Zealand and unions that represent at least three-quarters of union members working for Health New Zealand ask for it. The Minister also needs to talk to the Minister of Health and other people or groups they think should be involved.

An order made to change or replace the code is a type of secondary legislation. This means it has to follow special rules about how it’s published, which you can find in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Next up: 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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Part 8A Codes of employment practice and code of good faith for public health sector
Code of good faith for public health sector

100EAmendments to or replacement of code of good faith for public health sector

  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 the public health sector set out in Schedule 1B.

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

  3. requested to do so by—
    1. Health New Zealand; and
      1. unions who represent not less than three-quarters of union members employed by Health New Zealand; and
      2. the Minister has consulted the Minister of Health and such other persons and organisations as he or she considers appropriate.

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

        Notes
        • Section 100E: inserted, on , by section 36 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).
        • Section 100E(2)(a)(i): amended, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).
        • Section 100E(2)(a)(ii): amended, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).
        • Section 100E(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).