The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

These rules are administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Pursuant to section 122 of the District Courts Act 1947 and section 213 of the Local Government Act 2002, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, and with the concurrence of the Chief District Court Judge and at least 2 other members of the Rules Committee established under section 51B of the Judicature Act 1908 (of whom at least 1 was a District Court Judge), makes the following rules.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal rules amended
4	Form 28 of Schedule 1 amended
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Rules

1 Title

These rules are the District Courts Amendment Rules 2009.

2 Commencement

These rules come into force on 1 December 2009.

3 Principal rules amended

These rules amend the District Courts Rules 2009.

4 Form 28 of Schedule 1 amended

Form 28 of Schedule 1 is amended by inserting the following statement after Statement B:

Statement C

The fence/structure/vegetation* described below is such that the court is satisfied that it may reasonably be regarded as intimidating.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

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

These rules, which come into force on 1 December 2009, amend the District Courts Rules 2009. The effect of the amendment is to include the further reason for making a removal order under the Local Government Act 2002 that was inserted into section 216(b) of that Act by the Local Government Amendment Act 2009, which was divided from the Gangs and Organised Crime Bill.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 26 November 2009.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the District Courts Amendment Rules 2009 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

District Courts Rules 2014 (LI 2014/179): rule 22.1

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