District Courts Fees Amendment Regulations 2016

2016/228

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

District Courts Fees Amendment Regulations 2016

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 17th day of October 2016

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

These regulations are made under section 123(1) of the District Courts Act 1947 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the District Courts Fees Amendment Regulations 2016.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 21 November 2016.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the District Courts Fees Regulations 2009 (the principal regulations).

4 Regulation 3 amended (Application)

Replace regulation 3(2)(a)(vi) with:

(vi)

the Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Act 2014:

(vii)

the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015; or

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 21 November 2016, amend the District Courts Fees Regulations 2009 by inserting a reference to the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 into regulation 3. The effect of this amendment is to exclude the application of the regulations to applications under that Act.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 October 2016.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.