What the official record says
This Act is the Employment Relations (Protection of Young Workers) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. This Act amends the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the ). The purpose of this Act is to amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 to provide that all persons aged 16 and under who perform labour for remuneration in New Zealand are to be regarded as employees, with all the rights that such status confers. After section 6(1)(a), insert: notwithstanding any other provision in this or any other enactment, or any other rule of law, in the case of any person aged 16 or under, who performs labour in exchange for remuneration, means any worker employed or engaged by a person to do any work for hire or reward under a contract of