Title
1 Short Title
2 Appeals from decisions of Family Courts
3 Procedure for bringing appeal
4 Procedure on appeal
5 Transitional provision relating to appeals from Family Court to High Court
An Act to amend the Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1998, and is part of the Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989 (“the principal Act”).
“the principal Act”
This section amended s 341(1) of the principal Act.
This section substituted s 342 of the principal Act.
This section substituted s 346 of the principal.
(1) Despite the commencement of this Act, sections 341, 342, and 346 of the principal Act apply as if this Act had not come into force, if—
(a) The hearing of any appeal has commenced before the date on which this Act comes into force; or
(b) The High Court has set down a date for the hearing of an appeal before the date on which this Act comes into force.
(2) Despite the commencement of this Act, an appeal against an interim order lodged with the Court before the commencement of this Act does not require the leave of the Court.