Section 71 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Interpretation

71 Interpretation In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,— eligible employee , in relation to a union or an employer, means an employee who is a member of a union eligible employee: this definition was substituted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 31 Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86). See section 73 of that Act for the transitional provisions. employment relations education means employment relations education approved under section 72 specified date means— (a) 1 March; or (b) such other date in a year as is specified in a collective agreement for the purposes of this Part year means,— (a) if a collective agreement does not provide a specified date as an alternative date to 1 March, a period of 12 months beginning on 1 March and ending on the close of the last day of February in the following year, the first such year being 1 March 2001 to 28 February 2002: (b) if a collective agreement does provide a specified date as an alternative date to 1 March, a period of 12 months beginning on the specified date.