Section 50A — Employment Relations Act 2000: Purpose of facilitating collective bargaining

50A Purpose of facilitating collective bargaining (1) The purpose of sections 50B to 50I is to provide a process that enables 1 or more parties to collective bargaining who are having serious difficulties in concluding a collective agreement to seek the assistance of the Authority in resolving the difficulties. (2) Sections 50B to 50I do not— (a) prevent the parties from seeking assistance from another person in resolving the difficulties; or (b) apply to any agreement or arrangement with the other person providing such assistance. Sections 50A to 50J were inserted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 14 Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86). See section 73 of that Act for the transitional provisions.