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District Courts Amendment Act 1986

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Short Title

Number of Judges increased

Warrant of distress

Payment and recovery of fees

District Courts Amendment Act 1986

Public Act		1986 No 84
Date of assent		6 November 1986

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Number of Judges increased
3	Warrant of distress
4	Payment and recovery of fees
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the District Courts Act 1947

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the District Courts Amendment Act 1986, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the District Courts Act 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Number of Judges increased

(1)

Section 5(2) of the principal Act (as substituted by section 6(1) of the District Courts Amendment Act 1979 and amended by section 2(1) of the District Courts Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985) is hereby amended by omitting the expression “92”, and substituting the expression “93”.

(2)

The District Courts Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985 is hereby consequentially repealed.

3 Warrant of distress

(1)

Section 85(a) of the principal Act (as substituted by section 4 of the District Courts Amendment Act 1967 and amended by section 10 of the District Courts Amendment Act 1980) is hereby amended—

(a)

By omitting the expression “$300”, and substituting the expression “$500”:

(b)

By omitting the expression “$1,000”, and substituting the expression “$2,000”.

(2)

Section 85 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding, as subsection (2), the following subsection:

“(2)

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, amend subsection (1) of this section by increasing any amount specified in that subsection.”

(3)

Section 10 of the District Courts Amendment Act 1980 is hereby consequentially repealed.

4 Payment and recovery of fees

Section 113(2) of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the proviso.

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

District Courts Amendment Act 1986