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Employment Relations Act 2000
Schedule 1 Essential Services
  Table Of Contents   Part 6 Individual Employees   Schedule 1 Essential Services
  Part 1 Key Provisions   Part 7 Education Leave   Schedule 2 Employment Authority
  Part 2 Preliminary Provisions   Part 8 Strikes And Lockouts   Schedule 3 Employment Court
  Part 3 Freedom Of Association   Part 9 Disputes And Enforcement   Schedule 4 Changes to Police Act
  Part 4 Operation Of Unions   Part 10 Institutions   Schedule 5 Enactments Amended
  Part 5 Collective Bargaining   Part 11 General Provisions   Schedule 6 Enactments Repealed

Schedule 1 Essential Services

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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.

3 The production or supply of electricity or the operational management of a State enterprise (within the meaning of section 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986) that has electricity generation within the definition of the nature and scope of its business in its statement of corporate intent.

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

5 The disposal of sewage.

6 The work of a fire brigade within the meaning of the Fire Service Act 1975 (but excluding the work performed by members of volunteer fire brigades).

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

(a) 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

(b) a service necessary for the operation of a service referred to in paragraph (a).

9 The operation of

(a) 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

(b) a service necessary for the operation of an air transport service referred to in paragraph (a).

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

11 The operation of

(a) a licensed hospital within the meaning of the Hospitals Act 1957 or of a hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992; or

(b) a service necessary for the operation of a hospital described in paragraph (a).

12 The manufacture or supply of surgical and dialysis solutions.

13 The manufacture or supply of a medicine that is

(a) specified in the direction known as the Drug Tariff (given under section 99 of the Social Security Act 1964); and

(b) described in that Tariff as being available only on the prescription of a practitioner.

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.

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PART B

1 The holding and preparation of sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, or deer for slaughtering, the slaughtering of such animals, and the subsequent processing of their meat and smallgoods for the domestic market or the export market.

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

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End of Schedule 1

  Table Of Contents   Part 6 Individual Employees   Schedule 1 Essential Services
  Part 1 Key Provisions   Part 7 Education Leave   Schedule 2 Employment Authority
  Part 2 Preliminary Provisions   Part 8 Strikes And Lockouts   Schedule 3 Employment Court
  Part 3 Freedom Of Association   Part 9 Disputes And Enforcement   Schedule 4 Changes to Police Act
  Part 4 Operation Of Unions   Part 10 Institutions   Schedule 5 Enactments Amended
  Part 5 Collective Bargaining   Part 11 General Provisions   Schedule 6 Enactments Repealed
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