Section 50E — Employment Relations Act 2000: Process of facilitation

50E Process of facilitation (1) The process to be followed during facilitation— (a) must be conducted in private; and (b) is the process determined by the Authority. (2) During facilitation, the collective bargaining that the facilitation relates to continues subject to the process determined by the Authority. (3) During facilitation, the Authority— (a) is not acting as an investigative body; and (b) may not exercise the powers it has for investigating matters. (4) The provision of facilitation by the Authority may not be challenged or called in question in any proceedings on the ground— (a) that the nature and content of the facilitation was inappropriate; or (b) that the manner in which the facilitation was provided was inappropriate. 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.