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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Judges of the court

208: Sittings

You could also call this:

"When and where the court meets to hear cases"

When you are dealing with the Employment Relations Act 2000, you need to know how the court works. The court's jurisdiction is usually exercised by a Judge sitting alone, but you should check section 209 for more information. The Judge makes decisions on their own in most cases.

The court holds sittings at times and places that the court decides. You can think of a sitting like a meeting where the court hears cases.

The court can decide to hold a sitting for a specific case or for a group of similar cases that are ready to be heard. The Judge or the Registrar of the court can also change the time or place of a sitting, or even postpone it altogether.

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Part 10Institutions
Judges of the court

208Sittings

  1. Subject to section 209, the jurisdiction of the court is to be exercised by a Judge sitting alone.

  2. Sittings of the court are to be held at such times and places as are from time to time fixed by the court.

  3. Sittings may be fixed either for a particular case or generally for a class of cases then before the court and ripe for hearing.

  4. The court may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place by the Judge or by the Registrar of the court, whether at any sitting or at any time before the time fixed for the sitting.

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  • 1991 No 22 s 117