New Zealand Acts

TRANS-TASMAN PROCEEDINGS ACT 2010 - SECT 53

53 When registrable Australian judgments are enforceable in New Zealand

1 A registrable Australian judgment cannot be enforced in New Zealand if it is not registered in a New Zealand court under section 57 .

2 By way of explanation, the judgment therefore cannot be enforced by way of—

a) a registration or other enforcement process under Part 1 of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1934 , section 172 of the Senior Courts Act 2016, or any other enactment in force in New Zealand; or

b) any common law, or other non-legislative, action or claim to enforce the judgment.

History: Section 53(2)(a): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 7 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 70).