Disputes Tribunals Amendment Act 2011 Commencement Order 2013

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Disputes Tribunals Amendment Act 2011 Commencement Order 2013

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 30th day of September 2013

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 2 of the Disputes Tribunals Amendment Act 2011, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

  • This order is the Disputes Tribunals Amendment Act 2011 Commencement Order 2013.

2 Commencement of Disputes Tribunals Amendment Act 2011

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order brings the Disputes Tribunals Amendment Act 2011 into force on 14 April 2014. The Act allows an agreed settlement approved by the Disputes Tribunal to include an agreement to enforce the payment of any specified amount of money by way of an attachment order made under the District Courts Act 1947. The Tribunal may record such an agreement in a money order, which, if filed in the District Court, will trigger the power of the District Court to make an attachment order.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 3 October 2013.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Justice.