New Zealand Legislation: Acts

12 Enforcing orders for costs

• (1) For the purpose of enforcing any order of the Commission for the payment of costs, a duplicate of such order may be filed by the person to whom the costs are payable in the office of the Court named in the order, and shall thereupon be enforceable in all respects as a final judgment of that Court in its civil jurisdiction.

  (2) In every case where an order for costs is made, the order shall name the Court in which the order may, if necessary, be enforced.

  (3) The Court so named shall, where the amount recoverable under the order—

  • (a) Exceeds $200, be the High Court; and

  • (b) Does not exceed $200, be the District Court.

  Subsections (3)(a) and (b) were amended, as from 10 July 1967, by section 7 Decimal Currency Act 1964 (1964 No 27) by substituting the expression “$200” for the expression “£100”..

  The words “High Court” were substituted for the words “Supreme Court” as from 1 April 1980 pursuant to section 12 Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124).

  The words “District Court” were substituted for the words “Magistrate's Court”, as from 1 April 1980, pursuant to section 18 District Courts Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 125).