In Schedule 9, form PPPR 5, paragraph 4, replace “$20,000 in any 1 year” with “, in any 1 year, the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 11(2)(b) of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988”.

(3)

In Schedule 9, form PPPR 6, paragraph 3, replace “$5,000” with “$25,000”.

(4)

In Schedule 9, form PPPR 6, paragraph 4, replace “$20,000 in any 1 year” with “, in any 1 year, the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 11(2)(b) of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988”.

Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the rules but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These rules, which come into force on 3 October 2024, amend Schedule 9 of the Family Court Rules 2002 (the principal rules). Schedule 9 of the principal rules sets out forms to be used in proceedings in the Family Court under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (the Act).

Forms PPPR 5 (application for order to administer property of applicant) and PPPR 6 (application for order to administer property) in Schedule 9 of the principal rules refer to the monetary thresholds in section 11(2) of the Act. Those references are amended to reflect the changes to the monetary thresholds in section 11(2) of the Act being made by the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Order 2024 that is to come into force at the same time as these rules.

Regulatory and cost recovery impact statement

The Ministry of Justice produced a regulatory and cost recovery impact statement on 16 July 2024 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.

A copy of this regulatory and cost recovery impact statement can be found at—

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 5 September 2024.

These rules are administered by the Ministry of Justice.