New Zealand Acts

ADMIRALTY ACT 1973 - SECT 8

8 Jurisdiction of High Court in prize

1 The High Court shall be a permanent Prize Court within the meaning of the Acts of the United Kingdom known as the Prize Acts 1864 to 1939, and those Acts shall continue in force as part of the law of New Zealand.

2 In the enactments mentioned in subsection (1) and in any rules or Orders in Council made thereunder, references to the Admiralty and the Treasury shall be read as references to the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Finance, respectively.

3 All droits of the Crown and forfeitures when condemned by the High Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction under this section shall be dealt with or disposed of in such manner as the Minister of Finance directs.

History: Section 8 heading: amended, on 1 April 1980, pursuant to section 12 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124).   Section 8(1): amended, on 1 April 1980, pursuant to section 12 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124).     Section 8(3): amended, on 1 April 1980, pursuant to section 12 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124).