Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Miscellaneous and enforcement provisions - Dispute resolution

179: Principles of dispute resolution scheme

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When a dispute resolution scheme is developed, it must follow certain principles. You can expect the scheme to be based on principles like accessibility, independence, fairness, accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness. These principles guide how the scheme is created and how it works.

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Part 4Miscellaneous and enforcement provisions
Dispute resolution

179Principles of dispute resolution scheme

  1. The development of the dispute resolution scheme must be guided by, and the dispute resolution scheme must be based on, the following principles:

  2. accessibility:
    1. independence:
      1. fairness:
        1. accountability:
          1. efficiency:
            1. effectiveness.