Section 100 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Jurisdiction of Court in relation to injunctions

100 Jurisdiction of Court in relation to injunctions (1) The Court has full and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any proceedings issued for the grant of an injunction— (a) to stop a strike or lockout that is occurring or to prevent a threatened strike or lockout; or (b) to stop any picketing related to a strike or lockout or to prevent any threatened picketing related to a strike or lockout. (2) No other court has jurisdiction to hear and determine any action or proceedings seeking the grant of an injunction— (a) to stop a strike or lockout that is occurring or to prevent a threatened strike or lockout; or (b) to stop any picketing related to a strike or lockout or to prevent any threatened picketing related to a strike or lockout. (3) Where any action or proceedings seeking the grant of an injunction to stop a strike or lockout or to prevent a threatened strike or lockout are commenced in the Court, and the Court is satisfied that participation in the strike or lockout is lawful under section 83 or section 84 ,— (a) the Court must dismiss that action or those proceedings; and (b) no proceedings seeking the grant of an injunction to stop that strike or lockout or to prevent that threatened strike or lockout may be commenced in the District Court or the High Court. Compare: 1991 No 22 s 74