Protection of Personal and Property Rights Amendment Act 2013

1: Title
This Act is the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Amendment Act 2013.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 October 2014 unless it is earlier brought into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council. Section 2 brought into force 31 March 2014 Protection of Personal and Property Rights Amendment Act 2013 Commencement Order 2014
3: Principal Act
This Act Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 principal Act OIC LI 2014/97 2014-03-31 Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 Brought into force on 31 March 2014 by LI 2014/97
4: Section 65 amended (Appointment of barrister or solicitor by court or Registrar)
1: Replace the heading to section 65 Appointment of lawyer to represent person in respect of whom application made
2: In section 65 barrister or solicitor lawyer
3: Repeal section 65(3)
4: In section 65(5) barristers or solicitors lawyers
5: Replace section 65(6)
6: An invoice rendered by a lawyer appointed under this section for fees and expenses must be given to the Registrar of the court in which the proceedings were heard, and the Registrar may decide to adjust the amount of the invoice.
6: In section 65(7) bill invoice
5: New sections 65A and 65B inserted
After section 65
65A: Appointment of lawyer to assist court
In any proceedings under this Act, a court may—
a: appoint a lawyer to assist the court; or
b: direct the Registrar of the court to appoint a lawyer to assist the court.
65B: Payment of lawyer appointed under section 65A
1: The fees and expenses of any lawyer appointed under section 65A must—
a: be determined in accordance with regulations made under section 16D of the Family Courts Act 1980 or, if no such regulations are made, by the Registrar of the court; and
b: be paid in accordance with that determination out of public money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.
2: An invoice rendered by a lawyer appointed under section 65A for fees and expenses must be given to the Registrar of the court in which the proceedings were heard, and the Registrar may decide to adjust the amount of the invoice.
3: A lawyer who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Registrar as to the amount of the invoice may, within 14 days after the date of the decision, apply to a Family Court Judge to review the decision, and the Judge may on the application make any order varying or confirming the decision that the Judge considers fair and reasonable.
4: Where the fees and expenses of a lawyer appointed under section 65A have been paid under subsection (1)(b), the court may, if it thinks it appropriate, order a party to the proceedings to refund to the Crown an amount that the court specifies in respect of those fees and expenses, and the amount ordered to be refunded is a debt due to the Crown by that party and, in default of payment of that amount, payment may be enforced, by order of a District Court or the High Court, as the case may require, in the same manner as a judgment of that court.
6: Section 76 amended (Court may call for report on person)
1: In section 76 barrister or solicitor lawyer
2: In section 76(3)(b) section 65(3) section 65A
3: In section 76(6) section 65(3) section 65A
7: Section 78 amended (Power of court to call witnesses)
In section 78(3) , or by any barrister or solicitor assisting the court,
8: Section 79 amended (Attendance at hearings)
Replace section 79(1)(f)
f: a lawyer appointed under section 65A .
9: Section 88 amended (Procedure on review)
In section 88 65 65A
10: Section 112 amended (Regulations)
In section 112(a) barristers and solicitors lawyers