Section 24 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Issue of certificate of exemption

24 Issue of certificate of exemption (1) The chief executive may, for the purposes of section 23 , issue a certificate of exemption to an employer who is an individual if the chief executive is satisfied that the employer is a practising member of a religious society or order whose doctrines or beliefs preclude membership of any organisation or body other than the religious society or order of which the employer is a member. (2) The chief executive may revoke a certificate of exemption if— (a) the employer to whom it has been issued agrees; or (b) it was issued in error; or (c) the chief executive is satisfied that the employer has ceased to be a person eligible to be issued with the certificate.