New Zealand Acts

TRANS-TASMAN PROCEEDINGS ACT 2010 - SECT 90

90 Federal Court of Australia may administer oaths in New Zealand

1 The Federal Court may administer an oath or affirmation in accordance with the practice and procedure of that court—

a) at any sitting of that court in New Zealand held for the purposes of an Australian proceeding; or

b) for the purposes of obtaining the evidence of a person in New Zealand by audio link or audiovisual link at a sitting of that court in Australia.

2 Evidence given by a person on oath or affirmation administered by the Federal Court under subsection (1) for the purposes of section 108 of the Crimes Act 1961 (which relates to perjury) is to be deemed to have been given as evidence in a judicial proceeding on oath.

Note: 1908 No 89 s 56M

History: Section 90: inserted, on 1 March 2017, by section 8 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 70).