New Zealand Legislation: Acts

13C Right of appeal against order made in respect of contempt of Commission

• Where any member of a Commission who is a Judge of the High Court or a former Judge of the High Court has, under section 56A(1) of the Judicature Act 1908 (as applied by section 13A(1)(a) of this Act) or under section 56B of the Judicature Act 1908 (as applied by section 13A(1)(b) of this Act) or under section 13B of this Act made an order against any person, that person may, in accordance with and subject to the terms of section 384 of the Crimes Act 1961, appeal to the Court of Appeal against the order as if that person had been found guilty in the High Court of a criminal contempt of the High Court; and the provisions of that section shall, with all necessary modifications, apply accordingly.

  Sections 13A to 13D were inserted, as from 29 July 1995, by section 2 Commissions of Inquiry Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 48). See section 4 of that Act as to the application of that Act to existing Commissions.