Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008 Commencement Order 2009
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Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008 Commencement Order 2009
(SR 2009/83)
Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008 Commencement Order 2009: repealed, on 31 March 2014, pursuant to section 189(3) of the Family Proceedings Act 1980 (1980 No 94).
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 6th day of April 2009
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Note
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.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Pursuant to section 2 of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008, 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 Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008 Commencement Order 2009.
2 Commencement of certain provisions of Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008
The Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008, except the following sections, comes into force on 18 May 2009:
(a)
(b)
section 6:
(c)
sections 8 to 12:
(d)
section 14:
(e)
section 15(2):
(f)
section 16:
(g)
section 17(3):
(h)
section 18:
(i)
section 19:
(j)
section 20:
(k)
section 27.
Michael Webster,
for 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 into force, on 18 May 2009, certain provisions of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008 that amend the Family Proceedings Act 1980 (the principal Act) to, among other things,—
clarify that where a maintenance order has been registered or confirmed in New Zealand, an order varying or discharging that order must be a provisional order if a reciprocal agreement is in force with the country in which the maintenance order was made and under that agreement only a provisional order may be made; and
permit accredited news media reporters and support persons to be present at the hearing of any proceedings; and
provide that sections 11B to 11D of the Family Courts Act 1980 apply to the publication of a report of any proceedings under the principal Act in any court; and
repeal the requirement that court fees in respect of any proceedings be prescribed by regulations made under section 187 of the principal Act.
Date of notification in Gazette: 9 April 2009.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008 Commencement Order 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
Family Proceedings Act 1980 (1980 No 94): section 189(3)
Versions
Family Proceedings Amendment Act 2008 Commencement Order 2009
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