New Zealand Legislation: Acts

24A Powers of Court under Contracts (Privity) Act 1982 and Contractual Remedies Act 1979

• (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Court may exercise any power conferred on the High Court—

  • (a) by the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982; or

  • (b) by any of the provisions of sections 4, 7(6), 7(7) and 9 of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979.

  (2) A power conferred on the Court by subsection (1) may be exercised only if the occasion for the exercise of that power arises in the course of proceedings (other than an application made for the purposes of section 7(1) of the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982 or section 7(6) or section 9 of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979) properly before the Court under section 18(1)(d) of this Act.

  Section 24A was inserted, as from 11 April 2001, by section 4 Te Ture Whenua Maori Amendment Act 2001/Maori Land Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 11).