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Legislation administered by the Department

The Department of Labour administers the following statutes and regulations. The Acts in the list below can be viewed at no cost through the Public Access to Legislation project of the New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office.

All public libraries in New Zealand have copies of current legislation available to read at no cost, and copies of the Acts and Regulations can be ordered online.

The Department administers the following statutes:
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  • Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Act 1960
  • Employment Relations Act 2000
  • Equal Pay Act 1972
  • Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
  • Higher Salaries Commission Act 1977
  • Holidays Act 2003
  • Immigration Act 1987
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001
  • Labour Department Act Repeal Act 1989
  • Machinery Act 1950
  • Marine and Power Engineers Institute Industrial Disputes Act 1974
  • Mines Rescue Trust Act 1992
  • Minimum Wage Act 1983
  • Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
  • Seamen's Union Funds Act 1971
  • Sharemilking Agreements Act 1937
  • Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990
  • Trade Unions Act 1908
  • Union Representatives Education Leave Act Repeal Act 1992
  • Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973
  • Wages Protection Act 1983
  • Waterfront Industry Reform Act 1989
The Department administers the following regulations

  • Abrasive Blasting Regulations 1958
  • Accident Insurance ("Counsellor") Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2000
  • Accident Insurance (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2001
  • Accident Insurance (Insurer Returns) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Insurer's Liability to Pay Cost of Treatment) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Interest on Crown Advances) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Interim Indexation) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Interim Indexation) Regulations 2000· Accident Insurance (Interim Indexation) Regulations 2001
  • Accident Insurance (Motor Spirits Duty) Order 2001
  • Accident Insurance (Occupational Hearing Assessment Procedures) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Payment for Public Health Acute Services) Regulations 2000
  • Accident Insurance (Payment for Public Health Acute Services) Regulations 2001
  • Accident Insurance (Payment of Base Premiums) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Prescribed Rate of Interest) Regulations 1999
  • Accident Insurance (Regulator's Funding Levy) Regulations 2000
  • Accident Insurance (Regulator's Funding Levy) Regulations 2001
  • Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance (Motor Spirits Excise Duty) Order 1998
  • Amusement Devices Commencement Order 1968
  • Amusement Devices Regulations 1978
  • Dangerous Goods (Class 2 Gases) Regulations 1980
  • Dangerous Goods (Class 3 Flammable Liquids) Regulations 1985
  • Dangerous Goods (Class 4 Flammable Solids or Substances and Class 5 Oxidising Substances) Regulations 1985
  • Dangerous Goods (Licensing Fees) Regulations 1976
  • Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Order 2001
  • Electroplating Regulations 1950
  • Employment Court Regulations 2000
  • Employment Relations Authority Regulations 2000
  • Employment Relations (Prescribed Matters) Regulations 2000
  • Explosives Amendment Act Commencement Order 1979
  • Explosives Authorisation Order 1994
  • Explosives Regulations 1959
  • Factories and Commercial Premises (First Aid) Regulations 1985
  • Framework for the Accredited Employers Programme 2000 (deemed regulations)
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Asbestos) Regulations 1998
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Underground) Regulations 1999
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Petroleum Exploration and Extraction) Regulations 1999
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Pipelines) Regulations 1999
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Prescribed Matters) Regulations 1993
  • Regulations 1999
  • Health and Safety in Employment (Rates of Funding Levy) Regulations 1994
  • Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995
  • Higher Salaries Commission Act Commencement Order 1978
  • Higher Salaries Commission (Jurisdiction) Order 1988
  • Immigration Act Commencement Order 1987
  • Immigration (Refugee Processing) Regulations 1999
  • Immigration Regulations 1999
  • Immigration (Special Regularisation) Regulations 2000
  • Immigration (Transit Visas) Regulations 2002
  • Industrial Training Levies Order 1987
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Ancillary Services) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Earners' Levy and Earners' Account Residual Levy) Regulations 2001
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Employer Levies) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Interest Rate for Late Payment of Levies) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Interim Indexation of Weekly Abatement Amounts) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Lump Sum and Independence Allowance) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Motor Vehicle Levy and Motor Vehicle Account Residual Levy) Regulations 2001
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Public Health Acute Services) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Residual Claims Levy) Regulations 2001
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Review Costs and Appeals) Regulations 2002
  • Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Self-Employed Work Account Levies) Regulations 2002
  • Labour Relations Regulations 1987
  • Lead Process Regulations 1950
  • Machinery Amendment Act Commencement Order 1967
  • Machinery (Exclusion of Some Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways) Order 1999
  • Minimum Wage Act Commencement Order 1985
  • Minimum Wage (Industry Training) Regulations 1999
  • Minimum Wage Order 2002
  • Minimum Wage Regulations 1946
  • Noxious Substances Regulations 1954
  • Parental Leave and Employment Protection Regulations 2002
  • Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2001
  • Sharemilking Agreements Order 2001
  • Spray Coating Regulations 1962
  • Union Representatives Education Leave Act Repeal Act Commencement Order 1992
  • Workers' Compensation Order 1969

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