District Courts Amendment Act 2003
District Courts Amendment Act 2003
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District Courts Amendment Act 2003
Reprint as at 1 January 2018
District Courts Amendment Act 2003
Public Act |
2003 No 70 |
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Date of assent |
21 October 2003 |
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District Courts Amendment Act 2003: repealed, on 1 January 2018, pursuant to section 240 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
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 District Courts Amendment Act 2003.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 24 November 2003.
3 Schedule of District Courts Amendment Act 2002 amended
The Schedule of the District Courts Amendment Act 2002 is amended by omitting from the item relating to the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 the section headed “Right of appeal to High Court”
, and substituting the following section:
83 Right of appeal to High Court
(1)
If, on an application for the exercise of the Court’s jurisdiction under this Act, the Court makes or refuses to make an order, or dismisses or otherwise finally determines the proceedings, a party to the proceedings or the person in respect of whom the application was made may appeal to the High Court against the order or other decision of the Court.
(2)
If the Court makes an interlocutory or interim order, a party to the proceedings or the person in respect of whom the application was made may, with the leave of the Court, appeal to the High Court against the order.
(3)
The High Court Rules and sections 74 to 78 of the District Courts Act 1947, with all necessary modifications, apply to an appeal under subsection (1) or subsection (2) as if it were an appeal under section 72 of that Act.
(4)
On the ex parte application of the appellant, the Court may order that the appellant must not be required under section 74(1) of the District Courts Act 1947 to give the Registrar of the High Court security for costs.
(5)
Subsection (4) overrides subsection (3).
Eprint notes
1 General
This is an eprint of the District Courts Amendment Act 2003 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
District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49): section 240
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Versions
District Courts Amendment Act 2003
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