New Zealand Acts

TRANS-TASMAN PROCEEDINGS ACT 2010 - SECT 49

49 Privileges, protections, and immunities of participants in Australian proceedings

1 A Judge, Associate Judge, Magistrate, or Master of an Australian court or member of an Australian tribunal has, in relation to a remote appearance by a person in New Zealand under section 44 , all the privileges, protections, and immunities of a Judge of the High Court.

2 A person in New Zealand appearing remotely under section 44 as a barrister, a solicitor, or both has, in relation to the remote appearance, all the privileges and immunities of counsel in the High Court.

3 A person in New Zealand appearing remotely under section 44 as a party has, in relation to the remote appearance, all the privileges and immunities of a party in a proceeding in the High Court.

Note: 1908 No 89 s 26IB(2)(b) ; 2006 No 69 s 177