New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 23 July 2011
| Public Act | 1980 No 161 |
| Date of assent | 21 January 1981 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2), (3) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
4 Establishment of Family Courts
5 Appointment of Family Court Judges
6 Principal Family Court Judge
8 Counselling supervisors, counsellors, and other officers
9 Stationing of Judges and sittings of courts
10 Avoidance of unnecessary formality
11 Jurisdiction of Family Courts
11B Publication of reports of proceedings
11C Meaning of identifying information
11D Meaning of vulnerable person
12 Proceedings to be brought and dealt with under Family Courts Rules
13 Court may state case for High Court
14 Transfer of proceedings to High Court
15 District Courts may exercise certain jurisdiction
16 Application of District Courts Act 1947
16C Reviews of decisions of Registrars concerning fees
An Act to establish Family Courts as divisions of District Courts, and to provide for the constitution, jurisdiction, powers, and procedures of Family Courts
