New Zealand Acts

DISTRICT COURT ACT 2016 - SECT 7

7 District Court

1 This Act establishes the District Court of New Zealand (the
"court" ).

2 The court consists of—

a) the Chief District Court Judge; and

b) the Principal Family Court Judge and the Principal Youth Court Judge; and

c) the other District Court Judges.

3 The court has civil and criminal jurisdiction and is a court of record.

4 The court is a single court that replaces the District Courts that were continued by the District Courts Act 1947 .

5 On and after the coming into force of this Act,—

a) a District Court in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Act is part of the court:

b) any act or thing that was done in relation to a proceeding commenced in a District Court before the coming into force of this Act is to be treated as having been done in the court sitting in the same place as that District Court:

c) any act or thing that could have been done in relation to a proceeding commenced in a District Court before the coming into force of this Act must be done in relation to the proceeding in the court sitting in the same place as that District Court.

6 In subsection (5),
"District Court" includes a Family Court or a Youth Court that was a division of the particular District Court.

Note: 1947 No 16 s 3(1)