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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Employment Relations Authority

166: Membership of Authority

You could also call this:

“The Employment Relations Authority is made up of a Chief and at least two other members, and one member handles each case.”

The Employment Relations Authority is made up of members. There must be at least three members in total. One of these members is chosen to be the Chief of the Employment Relations Authority. The other two or more members don’t have a special title.

When the Authority looks at a case, only one member works on it. This means that even though there are several members in the Authority, just one person handles each case.

You might be wondering how many people can be in the Authority. The law doesn’t set a maximum number, but it says there must be at least three: the Chief and at least two others.

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Topics:

Work and jobs > Worker rights

Government and voting > Government departments

165: Other provisions relating to investigations of Authority, or

“Rules about how the Authority looks into work problems”

166A: Role of Chief of Authority, or

“The person in charge makes sure everything runs smoothly and fairly for workers and bosses”

Part 10 Institutions
Employment Relations Authority

166Membership of Authority

The Authority consists of—
1 member who is to be appointed as the Chief of the Employment Relations Authority:
at least 2 other members.

For the purposes of any matter within its jurisdiction, the Authority consists of 1 member of the Authority.
Repealed

Compare

1991 No 22 s 81(1), (2)

Notes

Section 166(3): repealed, on 1 April 2011, by section 30 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 125).