Employment Relations Act 2000

Personal grievances, disputes, and enforcement - Enforcement of order

141: Enforcement of order

You could also call this:

"Getting a court to make sure people follow an order"

If you get an order from the Authority or the court, you can take it to the District Court to make it enforceable. This means the District Court can help make sure the order is followed, just like one of their own orders. You can do this with any order, even if it says someone has to pay a fine.

When you take the order to the District Court, it becomes enforceable in the same way as an order made by the District Court. To avoid any confusion, an order that says someone has to pay a fine can be enforced under Part 3 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

You can think of the District Court like a place that helps make sure people follow the rules, and they can do this with orders from other authorities too.

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Part 9Personal grievances, disputes, and enforcement
Enforcement of order

141Enforcement of order

  1. Any order made or judgment given under any of the Acts referred to in section 223(1) by the Authority or the court (including an order imposing a fine) may be filed in the District Court, and is then enforceable in the same manner as an order made or judgment given by the District Court.

  2. To avoid doubt, an order imposing a fine is enforceable under Part 3 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

Compare
  • 1991 No 22 s 58
Notes
  • Section 141(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
  • Section 141(1): amended, on , by section 18(1) of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).
  • Section 141(2): inserted, on , by section 18(2) of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).