New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) A representative of a union may enter a workplace—
(a) for a purpose specified in section 20(2) if the representative believes, on reasonable grounds, that a member of the union, to whom the purpose of the entry relates, is working or normally works in the workplace:
(b) for a purpose specified in section 20(3) if the representative believes, on reasonable grounds, that the union's membership rule covers an employee who is working or normally works in the workplace.
(2) A representative of a union exercising the right to enter a workplace—
(a) may do so only at reasonable times during any period when any employee is employed to work in the workplace; and
(b) must do so in a reasonable way, having regard to normal business operations in the workplace; and
(c) must comply with any existing reasonable procedures and requirements applying in respect of the workplace that relate to—
(i) safety or health; or
(ii) security.
(3) A representative of a union exercising the right to enter a workplace must, at the time of the initial entry and, if requested by the employer or a representative of the employer or by a person in control of the workplace, at any time after entering the workplace,—
(a) give the purpose of the entry; and
(b) produce—
(i) evidence of his or her identity; and
(ii) evidence of his or her authority to represent the union concerned.
(4) If a representative of a union exercises the right to enter a workplace and is unable, despite reasonable efforts, to find the employer or a representative of the employer or the person in control of the workplace, the representative must leave in a prominent place in the workplace a written statement of—
(a) the identity of the person who entered the premises; and
(b) the union the person is a representative of; and
(c) the date and time of entry; and
(d) the purpose or purposes of the entry.
(5) [Repealed]
Compare: 1991 No 22 s 14(2)–(4)
Section 21(5): repealed, on 1 April 2011, by section 7 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 125).
