Wages Protection Act 1983

2 Interpretation

• In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  employer means a person employing any worker or workers; and includes any manager, foreman, clerk, agent, or other person engaged on behalf of that person in the hiring, employment, or supervision of the service or work of any worker

  financial institution means a financial institution within the meaning of section 2 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989; and includes the Post Office Savings Bank and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand

  local authority means a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2002

  money, in relation to any wages, means any New Zealand coin or New Zealand banknotes, or combination of both, the tender of which in respect of the payment of those wages is legal tender

  specified cheque, in relation to the payment of wages to any worker, means a cheque payable to, or to the order of, that worker

  wages means salary or wages; and includes time and piece wages, and overtime, bonus, or other special payments agreed to be paid to a worker for the performance of service or work; and also includes any part of any wages

  worker has the same meaning as that given to the term employee by section 6 of the Employment Relations Act 2000; and, in relation to any employer, means a worker employed by that employer.

  Compare: 1964 No 58 ss 2, 4(4), 6(3)

  Section 2 financial institution: amended, on 1 February 1990, pursuant to section 186(1) of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 (1989 No 157).

  Section 2 local authority: substituted, on 1 July 2003, by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).

  Section 2 worker: substituted, on 2 October 2000, by section 240 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (2000 No 24).