143Object of this Part

1. The object of this Part is to establish procedures and institutions that—

2. support successful employment relationships and the good faith obligations that underpin them; and
3. recognise that employment relationships are more likely to be successful if problems in those relationships are resolved promptly by the parties themselves; and
4. recognise that, if problems in employment relationships are to be resolved promptly, expert problem-solving support, information, and assistance needs to be available at short notice to the parties to those relationships; and
5. recognise that the procedures for problem-solving need to be flexible; and
6. recognise that the person who provides mediation services can manage any mediation process actively; and
7. recognise that there will always be some cases that require judicial intervention; and
8. recognise that judicial intervention at the lowest level needs to be that of a specialist decision-making body that is not inhibited by strict procedural requirements; and
9. ensure that investigations by the specialist decision-making body are, generally, concluded before any higher court exercises its jurisdiction in relation to the investigations; and
10. recognise that difficult issues of law will need to be determined by higher courts.

Notes

• Section 143(da): inserted, on 1 December 2004, by section 47(1) of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).
• Section 143(fa): inserted, on 1 December 2004, by section 47(2) of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).