1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Associate Judge may exercise certain powers of the Court
4 Powers of Registrars
5 Renumbering of section
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
(1) This Act is the Judicature Amendment Act (No 2) 2005.
(2) In this Act, the Judicature Act 1908 is called “the principal Act”.
“the principal Act”
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Section 26I(2) of the principal Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:
“(k) sections 118, 128, 131, 167, 168, 170, 179, 181, 182, and 186 of the Personal Property Securities Act 1999.”
Section 28 of the principal Act is amended by adding, as subsections (2) and (3), the following subsections:
“(2) Each Deputy Registrar has the same powers and privileges, performs the same duties, and is subject to the same provisions and penalties under this Act and under any other Act as if he or she were the Registrar for the time being, whether or not those powers, privileges, duties, provisions, or penalties are conferred, imposed, or enacted under this Act or that other Act.“(3) Subsection (2) is subject to any provision to the contrary in any other enactment.”
“(2) Each Deputy Registrar has the same powers and privileges, performs the same duties, and is subject to the same provisions and penalties under this Act and under any other Act as if he or she were the Registrar for the time being, whether or not those powers, privileges, duties, provisions, or penalties are conferred, imposed, or enacted under this Act or that other Act.
“(3) Subsection (2) is subject to any provision to the contrary in any other enactment.”
(1) The principal Act is amended by renumbering section 88A, which restricts the institution of vexatious actions, as section 88B.
(2) Section 141(3) of the Care of Children Act 2004 is consequentially amended by omitting the expression “88A”, and substituting the expression “88B”.
“88A”
“88B”