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Employment Relations Act 2000

General provisions - Infringement offences

235A: Interpretation

You could also call this:

“This part explains what special words mean in the rules about small law breaks by employers.”

In sections 235B to 235F, you need to understand two important terms:

An infringement fee is the amount of money you have to pay for an infringement offence. You can find the specific amount in section 235E.

An infringement offence can be three things:

  1. If you’re an employer and you don’t follow the rules in section 64(1) or (2) or 130(1) of this law, or section 81(2) of the Holidays Act 2003.

  2. If you break any other parts of this law that are listed as infringement offences in the regulations.

  3. If you’re an employer and you don’t do what you’re told to do under section 229(1)(d) within the time given in section 229(2A).

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Part 11 General provisions
Infringement offences

235AInterpretation

  1. In sections 235B to 235F,—

    infringement fee in relation to an infringement offence, means the infringement fee for the offence specified in section 235E

      infringement offence means—

      1. a failure by an employer to comply with the requirements of section 64(1) or (2) or 130(1) of this Act or section 81(2) of the Holidays Act 2003:
        1. breaches of this Act that are prescribed by regulations as infringement offences:
          1. a failure by an employer to comply with a requirement made under section 229(1)(d) within the time period required by section 229(2A).

            Notes
            • Section 235A: inserted, on , by section 36 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).
            • Section 235A: amended, on , by section 19(1) of the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 (2023 No 36).
            • Section 235A infringement fee: inserted, on , by section 19(2) of the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 (2023 No 36).
            • Section 235A infringement offence: inserted, on , by section 19(2) of the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 (2023 No 36).
            • Section 235A infringement offence paragraph (a): replaced, on , by section 7(1) of the Fair Pay Agreements Act Repeal Act 2023 (2023 No 65).
            • Section 235A infringement offence paragraph (c): inserted, on , by section 19(3) of the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 (2023 No 36).