Employment Relations Act 2000

Transitional provisions

Schedule 1: Essential services

You could also call this:

"Important services like power, water, hospitals, and police that keep our community safe and running"

The Employment Relations Act 2000 has a list of essential services. You need to know what these services are. They include things like making or supplying gas, electricity, and water. They also include services like hospitals, ambulance services, and fire services. You can read more about these services in the Act, which is empowered by sections like ss 5, 90, and 91.

Some other essential services are related to food, like making butter or cheese, and processing meat. There are also services related to keeping people safe, like the Police emergency response services defined in clause 3 of Schedule 1C.

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1Essential services Empowered by ss 5, 90, 91

Part A

1

The production, processing, or supply of manufactured gas or natural gas (including liquefied natural gas).

    2

    The production, processing, distribution, or sale of petroleum, whether refined or not.

      2A

      The production or supply of electricity.

        Notes
        • Schedule 1 Part A clause 2A: inserted, on , by section 11 of the Public Finance (Mixed Ownership Model) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 45).

        3

        The operational management of a State enterprise (within the meaning of section 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986) or a mixed ownership model company (within the meaning of section 45P of the Public Finance Act 1989) that is a generator of electricity.

          Notes
          • Schedule 1 Part A clause 3: replaced, on , by section 11 of the Public Finance (Mixed Ownership Model) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 45).

          4

          The supply of water to the inhabitants of a city, district, or other place.

            5

            The disposal of sewage.

              6

              The delivery of designated services (within the meaning of section 6 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017) by employees of Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

                Notes
                • Schedule 1 Part A clause 6: replaced, on , by section 197 of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).

                7

                The provision of all necessary services in connection with the arrival, berthing, loading, unloading, and departure of ships at a port.

                  8

                  The operation of—

                1. a service for the carriage of passengers or goods by water between the North Island and the South Island or between the South Island and Stewart Island; or
                  1. a service necessary for the operation of a service referred to in paragraph (a).
                      1. 9

                        The operation of—

                      2. an air transport service, being a service by aircraft for the public carriage of passengers or goods for hire or reward (but excluding an air topdressing service); or
                        1. a service necessary for the operation of an air transport service referred to in paragraph (a).
                            1. 10

                              The operation of an ambulance service for sick or injured persons.

                                11

                                The operation of—

                              1. a hospital care institution within the meaning of section 58(4) of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001; or
                                1. a service necessary for the operation of such an institution.
                                    1. Notes
                                      • Schedule 1 Part A clause 11: substituted, on , by section 58(1) of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 (2001 No 93).

                                      12

                                      The manufacture or supply of surgical and dialysis solutions.

                                        13

                                        The manufacture or supply of a pharmaceutical that is for the time being listed in the pharmaceutical schedule under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022.

                                          Notes
                                          • Schedule 1 Part A clause 13: substituted, on , by section 111(1) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 (2000 No 91).
                                          • Schedule 1 Part A clause 13: amended, on , by section 104 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 (2022 No 30).

                                          14

                                          The operation of a residential welfare institution or prison.

                                            15

                                            The production of butter or cheese or of any other product of milk or cream and the processing, distribution, or sale of milk, cream, butter, or cheese or of any other product of milk or cream.

                                              16

                                              The provision of Police emergency response services as defined in clause 3 of Schedule 1C.

                                                Notes
                                                • Schedule 1 Part A clause 16: added, on , by section 121 of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).

                                                Part B

                                                1

                                                The holding and preparation of an animal that—

                                              1. is a mammal or bird; and
                                                1. is held and prepared for the purposes of commercial slaughter and subsequent processing of its meat and offal for human or animal consumption, whether in the domestic market or the export market.
                                                    1. Notes
                                                      • Schedule 1 Part B clause 1: replaced, on , by section 75 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 61).

                                                      2

                                                      The operation of meat inspection services associated with the slaughtering or supply of meat for domestic consumption.

                                                        Compare
                                                        • 1991 No 22 Schedule 3