New Zealand Acts

SENIOR COURTS ACT 2016 - SECT 65

65 Interpretation

In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,—  
"civil proceeding" —  

a) means a proceeding that is not a criminal proceeding; and

b) includes a proceeding under the Bail Act 2000

"decision" includes a judgment, decree, order, direction, or determination  
"District Court" includes—  

a) the Family Court and the Youth Court; and

b) the District Court sitting in its admiralty jurisdiction

"High Court" includes the High Court sitting—

a) in its admiralty jurisdiction; or

b) as a permanent Prize Court under the jurisdiction conferred by section 8 of the Admiralty Act 1973

"interlocutory application" —

a) means an application in a proceeding or an intended proceeding for—

i) an order or a direction relating to a matter of procedure; or

ii) in the case of a civil proceeding, for relief ancillary to the relief claimed in the proceeding; and

b) includes an application for a new trial; and

c) includes an application to review a decision made on an interlocutory application

"New Zealand court" means—

a) the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, or the District Court; or

b) any of the following specialist courts: the Court Martial of New Zealand established under section 8 of the Court Martial Act 2007, the Court Martial Appeal Court constituted by the Court Martial Appeals Act 1953 , the Employment Court, the Environment Court, the Māori Appellate Court, and the Māori Land Court

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court appointed under section 87   
"Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court continued by section 66 .  

Note: 2003 No 53 s 4