Judicature Amendment Act 2006
Judicature Amendment Act 2006
Judicature Amendment Act 2006: repealed, on 1 January 2018, pursuant to section 182 of the Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48).
Judicature Amendment Act 2006
Reprint as at 1 January 2018
Judicature Amendment Act 2006
Public Act |
2006 No 16 |
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Date of assent |
9 April 2006 |
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Judicature Amendment Act 2006: repealed, on 1 January 2018, pursuant to section 182 of the Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48).
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Judicature Amendment Act 2006.
2 Commencement
(1)
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Judicature Act 1908.
Part 1 Procedures and constitution of Court of Appeal
4 Constitution of Court of Appeal
Section 57(2)(b) is amended by omitting “6”
and substituting “8”
.
5 Court of Appeal to sit in divisions
6 Judgment of Court of Appeal
Section 59 is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3)
The delivery of the judgment of the Court of Appeal may be effected in any manner provided by rules made under section 51C.
Part 2 Further amendments to principal Act
7 New section 26IB inserted
The following section is inserted after section 26IA:
26IB Judge or Associate Judge may, by video link, preside at hearing of specified matters
(1)
A Judge or Associate Judge may, by video link, preside at the hearing of any matter—
(a)
over which an Associate Judge has jurisdiction under section 26I; and
(b)
that is specified in rules made under section 51C for the purposes of this section.
(2)
A hearing conducted under the authority of subsection (1)—
(a)
has effect as if the Judge or Associate Judge were physically present:
(b)
does not affect the privileges and immunities of the Judge or Associate Judge or of any witnesses, counsel, or parties appearing at the hearing.
(3)
Rules made under section 51C may—
(a)
specify a class or classes of matters in respect of which hearings authorised by subsection (1) may be conducted:
(b)
regulate the manner in which hearings authorised by subsection (1) are conducted.
8 Section 65 repealed
Section 65 is repealed.
9 New section 67 substituted
Section 67 is repealed and the following section substituted:
67 Appeals against decisions of High Court on appeal
(1)
The decision of the High Court on appeal from an inferior court is final, unless a party, on application, obtains leave to appeal against that decision—
(a)
to the Court of Appeal; or
(b)
directly to the Supreme Court (in exceptional circumstances as provided for in section 14 of the Supreme Court Act 2003).
(2)
An application under subsection (1) for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal must be made to the High Court or, if the High Court refuses leave, to the Court of Appeal.
(3)
An application under subsection (1) for leave to appeal directly to the Supreme Court must be made to the Supreme Court.
(4)
If leave to appeal referred to in subsection (1)(a) is obtained, the decision of the Court of Appeal on appeal from the High Court is final unless a party, on application, obtains leave to appeal against that decision to the Supreme Court.
(5)
Subsections (1), (3), and (4) are subject to the Supreme Court Act 2003.
10 Section 68 repealed
Section 68 is repealed.
Eprint notes
1 General
This is an eprint of the Judicature Amendment Act 2006 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 About this eprint
This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.
3 Amendments incorporated in this eprint
Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48): section 182