Section Sch4-23 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Hearing and determination of dispute

23 Hearing and determination of dispute (1) The arbitrating body, after giving the parties an opportunity to be heard, must, subject to the provisions of this schedule, hear and determine the dispute and settle the terms of the agreement. (2) The arbitrating body must, at the conclusion of the hearing and before making its determination, give each of the parties the opportunity to restate in writing, within a specified time or before a specified date, its final offer. (3) Where any party so restates its final offer, the offer as restated is that party's final offer for the purposes of clause 26.