New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 70

70 Enforcement of judgments

1 A certificate under the hand of the Registrar of the court, specifying the amount payable under any order for the payment of money made under this Act by the court, and the persons by whom and to whom it is payable, may be filed in the District Court, and, subject to subsection (2), shall then be enforceable in the same manner as a judgment given by the District Court in an action for the recovery of a debt.

2 No proceedings shall be taken under the Imprisonment for Debt Limitation Act 1908 against any person for failing or refusing to pay any penalty imposed on that person under this Act.

Note: 1980 No 162 s 46

History: Section 70(1): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).