New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) Every city, borough, or other place appointed by the Governor-General pursuant to section 4 of the principal Act before the commencement of this section as a city, borough, or other place in which Magistrates' Courts may be held for the exercise of civil jurisdiction or criminal jurisdiction shall, if the appointment was subsisting immediately before the commencement of this section, be deemed for all purposes to have been so appointed as cities, boroughs, or other places in which District Courts may be held for the exercise of the same jurisdiction.
(2) Every person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding office as a Magistrate pursuant to section 5 of the principal Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have been appointed to be a District Court Judge, and his commission shall be construed accordingly.
(3) Every person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding office as an acting Magistrate pursuant to section 10 or section 10A of the principal Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have been appointed to be an acting District Court Judge, and his commission shall be construed accordingly.
(4) The person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding office as a Magistrate pursuant to section 11 of the principal Act shall be deemed for all purposes to have been appointed as a District Court Judge to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in the Chatham Islands, and his commission shall be construed accordingly.
(5) Every person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was holding office as a Registrar or Deputy Registrar or an officer of a Magistrate's Court shall be deemed for all purposes to have been appointed to be a Registrar or Deputy Registrar or an officer of a District Court.
(6) Any form that was printed, before the commencement of this section, in the form prescribed by or under and for the purposes of the principal Act or the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 or any other enactment may be used for such purposes after the commencement of this section, and it shall not be necessary, merely because of any of the provisions of this Act, to alter any printed material in any such form.