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Courts Matters Act 2018 No 50 (as at 29 October 2019), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation
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2018 No 50
10 Section 16 replaced (Power to seize detected items)
11 Section 17 amended (Power to ask to take detected items into temporary custody)
12 New section 18A inserted (General power to deny entry to, or remove person from, court)
13 Section 19 amended (Power to detain if court security officer has reasonable grounds to believe person may have committed specified offence)
14 New section 19A inserted (Power to detain in other circumstances)
15 Section 20 amended (Powers to seize items and detain persons)
16 New section 20A inserted (Power to pursue person)
17 Section 21 amended (Power to use reasonable force)
18 Section 22 amended (Consequences of denial of entry to, or removal from, court)
19 Section 23 amended (Duty of court security officer to inform of consequences when person denied entry or removed)
20 Section 24 amended (Powers not generally applicable to presiding judicial officers and other exempted persons)
21 Section 25 amended (Powers not generally applicable to persons in custody of certain agencies)
22 Section 26 amended (When powers applicable to persons in custody of certain agencies)
23 Section 28 amended (When powers applicable in courtroom where proceedings being heard)
24 Section 29 amended (Powers not generally applicable if Police involved)
25 Section 35 amended (Powers of other persons not affected)
26 Section 36 amended (Regulations)
28 New section 5A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
29 Section 6 amended (Categories of offence defined)
30 New section 34A inserted (When warrant may be issued irrespective of whether summons has been issued or served)
31 Section 56 amended (Information to be provided in case management memorandum)
32 Section 82 amended (Requirements for formal statements)
33 Section 119 amended (Non-attendance of defendant charged with offence in category 1)
34 Section 124 amended (Procedure when hearing proceeds in absence of defendant)
35 New section 136A inserted (Procedure if charge added during trial)
36 Section 138 replaced (Trial of different charges together)
37 Section 139 amended (Procedure if charges to be heard together)
38 Section 162 amended (To whom warrant to be directed and power of person executing warrant to enter premises)
39 New section 192A inserted (Power of Solicitor-General or Crown prosecutor to join charge or charges)
40 Section 219 amended (First appeal courts)
41 Section 230 amended (First appeal courts)
42 Section 247 amended (First appeal courts)
43 Section 272 amended (First appeal courts)
44 Section 297 amended (First appeal courts)
45 Section 357 amended (Jurisdiction of Community Magistrates to impose sentence in respect of certain category 2 offences)
46 Section 400 replaced (Defendants and proceedings to be tried together)
47 Section 403A amended (Transitional provision regarding effect of appeal on sentence of home detention)
50 New section 2A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
51 Sections 23A and 24 replaced
52 Sections 25 to 27 repealed
53 Sections 28 and 29 replaced
54 New cross-heading above section 30 inserted
55 Section 79 amended (Interpretation)
56 Section 79A amended (Service of documents under this Part)
57 Section 79B amended (Service provisions modified in special cases)
58 Section 84 amended (Notice of fine)
59 Section 86 amended (Registrar may arrange extension of time to pay)
60 Section 86A amended (Registrar may vary, suspend, or cancel arrangement for extension of time to pay fine or attachment order)
61 New sections 86DA to 86DD inserted
62 New section 86I inserted (Financial assessment if fine is unpaid)
63 Section 87 amended (Action if fine or instalment not paid or if arrangement or attachment order cancelled)
64 New sections 87AAA and 87AAB inserted
65 Section 87B amended (Deduction of fines)
66 Section 88 amended (Actions if fine remains unpaid)
67 Section 88AA amended (Form and execution of warrant for arrest)
68 Section 88AE amended (Powers of District Court Judge or Community Magistrate after considering report of Registrar under section 88(2)﻿(b) or 88AD(2)﻿(c))
69 Section 89 amended (Rights of representation and appeal)
70 Section 92B amended (Purpose of disclosure and use of information)
71 Section 92H amended (Monitoring and audits by chief executive)
72 Section 97 amended (Purposes of sections 98 to 100T)
73 Section 100E amended (Release of property if fine and other costs paid or if certain appeals successful)
74 Section 100F amended (Release of property to certain owners)
75 Section 100H amended (Lessor may apply to Registrar)
76 Section 100I amended (What happens if lessor does not apply to Registrar before property sold or disposed of)
77 Section 100J amended (Claims by secured parties)
78 Section 100L amended (Sale of secured property by secured party or by court)
79 Section 100N amended (Application of proceeds of sale by secured party)
80 Section 100O amended (Failure by secured party to sell or account for proceeds)
81 Section 100P amended (Sale or disposal of property seized)
82 Section 100R amended (Application of proceeds of sale)
83 New section 100RA inserted (Application of proceeds of sale of real property)
84 Section 102B amended (Proceedings against bailiffs acting under warrants)
85 Section 103 amended (Effect of attachment order)
86 Section 105 amended (Content of attachment orders)
87 Section 106 amended (Liability of employer)
88 Section 212 amended (Rules and regulations)
89 New Schedule 1 inserted
90 Amendments to other enactments
92 Section 26 amended (Breach of condition of Police bail)
93 Sections 33 and 34 replaced
94 Section 40 amended (Bail on deferment of sentence)
95 Sections 41 to 52 and cross-headings replaced
96 Section 52A amended (Period for which warrant for detention in custody may be issued)
97 Sections 54 and 55 replaced
98 Section 58 amended (Time on bail pending appeal not to be taken as time served)
99 Amendments to Sentencing Act 2002
100 Amendment to Extradition Act 1999
101 Amendment to International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000
103 Section 46E amended (Family dispute resolution mandatory before commencement of proceedings)
104 Section 47B amended (Mandatory statement and evidence in applications)
105 Section 49A amended (Interim parenting order where parent does not have day-to-day care for, or contact with, child)
106 Section 133 amended (Reports from other persons)
Subpart 3—Amendments to Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010
108 Section 8 amended (Use of audio-visual links in criminal procedural matters)
Subpart 4—Amendments to Criminal Disclosure Act 2008
110 Section 3 amended (Purpose and overview)
111 Section 10 amended (Service)
112 Section 33 amended (Appeals)
Subpart 5—Amendments to Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995
113 Principal Act
114 Section 13 amended (Application for order authorising taking of bodily sample)
115 Section 14 amended (Prohibition against publication of name of respondent)
116 Section 15 amended (Information may be withheld from respondent)
117 Section 16 amended (Judge may authorise bodily sample to be taken)
118 Section 61 amended (Extension of period for which sample may be retained)
119 Consequential amendment to Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Regulations 2004
Subpart 6—Amendments to Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003
121 Section 3 amended (Purpose)
122 New section 5A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
123 Subpart 1 heading in Part 2 replaced
124 Section 7 amended (When finding of unfitness to stand trial may be made)
125 New section 8A inserted (Determining if defendant unfit to stand trial)
126 Section 9 repealed (Court must be satisfied of defendant’s involvement in offence)
127 Section 10 amended (Inquiry before trial into defendant’s involvement in the offence)
128 Section 11 amended (Inquiry during Judge-alone trial into defendant’s involvement)
129 Section 12 amended (Inquiry during jury trial into defendant’s involvement)
130 Section 13 amended (Outcome of consideration of defendant’s involvement)
131 Section 14 repealed (Determining if defendant unfit to stand trial)
132 Section 15 amended (Jurisdiction may be exercised in absence of defendant)
133 Section 16 amended (Appeal by defendant against finding relating to fitness to stand trial)
134 Section 17 amended (Matters for appellate court on appeal under section 16)
135 New Schedule 1AA inserted
136 Schedule amended
Subpart 7—Amendments to Family Proceedings Act 1980
138 Section 142 amended (Discharge or variation of registered or confirmed order)
139 Section 142E amended (Provisional order discharging, etc, child maintenance order)
Subpart 8—Amendments to Juries Act 1981
140 Principal Act
141 Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
142 Section 5 amended (Jury districts)
143 Section 14AC amended (Counsel to inspect protected particulars, and exercise rights of challenge, for litigant in person)
144 Section 14B amended (Deferral of jury service)
145 Section 14C amended (Further provisions relating to deferral of jury service)
146 Section 16AA amended (Judge may discharge summons of person with disability or language difficulty)
Subpart 9—Amendments to Land Transport Act 1998
148 Section 31 amended (Contravention of sections 5(1)﻿(a), 5(1)﻿(b), 5(4), 30(2), 30(3), or 30(4A))
149 Section 91B amended (Ways in which warning notice or driver licence stop order must be served)
150 Section 91E amended (Imposition of driver licence stop order)
Subpart 10—Amendments to Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988
151 Principal Act
152 New section 4A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
153 Section 12 amended (Court may appoint welfare guardian)
154 Section 45 amended (Statements required)
155 Section 46 amended (Statement to be examined by or on behalf of Public Trust)
156 Section 48 amended (Enforcement of manager’s duty to prepare and file statements)
157 Section 74 amended (Attendance of person in respect of whom application is made)
158 Section 86 amended (Review of personal orders)
159 Section 87 amended (Review of property orders)
160 New Schedule 1AA inserted
Subpart 11—Amendment to Senior Courts Act 2016
161 Principal Act
162 Section 49 amended (Powers exercisable by Judges)
Subpart 12—Amendments to Sentencing Act 2002
163 Principal Act
164 Section 137 amended (Sale of confiscated motor vehicles)
165 Section 141B amended (Application of proceeds of sale by secured party)
Subpart 13—Amendment to Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Act 2014
166 Principal Act
167 New sections 24A to 24C and cross-heading inserted
168 Amendments to Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Rules 2014
This Act is the Courts Matters Act 2018.
This Act (except sections 7, 10, 12 to 24, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 48, 64, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75(1), 76 to 78, and 80 to 83 and Schedule 3) comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Sections 7, 10, 12 to 24, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 48, 64, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75(1), 76 to 78, and 80 to 83 and Schedule 3 come into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council, and 1 or more orders may be made bringing different provisions into force on different dates.
Section 2(2): sections 7, 10, and 12 to 24 brought into force, on 8 April 2019, by clause 2 of the Courts Matters Act 2018 (Amendments to Courts Security Act 1999) Commencement Order 2019 (LI 2019/60).
Section 2(2): sections 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 48, 64, 68, 72 to 74, 75(1), 76 to 78, 80 to 83 and Schedule 3 brought into force, on 29 October 2019, by clause 2 of the Courts Matters Act Commencement Order 2019 (LI 2019/225).
The court security officer may, if subsection (1)﻿(b) applies,—
if possession of the item is not unlawful but may constitute a threat to the security of the court, and the person is released from custody, require the person to comply with section 17:
In section 21(1), replace “17(4), 18(1)﻿(b), or 20” with “15A(1)﻿(b), 17(4), 18(1)﻿(b), 18A, 20, and 20A(b)” .
seize and dispose of any alcohol referred to in section 15A(1)﻿(b); or
In section 86A(9), after “86D,” insert “86DA,” .
a review by a person, under section 86DC(1)﻿(b), of any action taken under this section by the system and notifying the defendant or his or her representative about that option.
for a review by a person under section 86DC(1)﻿(b) of any action taken under this section by the system.
there is a process available under which a person affected by an action performed by an electronic system can have that action reviewed by a person authorised by the chief executive to review those actions, without undue delay.
In section 88(1)﻿(a), after “section 87(2)” , insert “, (2A), or (2B)” .
if the total amount of any fine or fines owed by the defendant is $50,000 or more and the District Court Judge or Community Magistrate is satisfied that a sale order will not cause undue hardship to the defendant or the dependants of the defendant, make a sale order in a form approved under section 209A authorising the District Court Judge, Community Magistrate, or Registrar, as the case requires, to sell some or all of the defendant’s property (including land under the Land Transfer Act 1952), and the proceeds of sale must be dealt with under section 100RA; or
the court for the time being having jurisdiction in the proceeding for an offence is the District Court; and
A Registrar may exercise the power under subsection (2) to issue a warrant to arrest the defendant if the court for the time being having jurisdiction in the proceeding for an offence is the District Court.
is brought by a person, who is not the parent or guardian of the child, and is brought by that person in response to the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children exercising a power or carrying out a function in relation to that child under Part 2 or 4 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989; or
A Registrar may refuse to accept an application if the Registrar considers that the evidence provided under subsection (2)﻿(b) or (3)﻿(f) is insufficient.
if the court permits disclosure under paragraph (a) or (b), the disclosure is subject to any terms and conditions that the court considers appropriate.
Insert the Schedule 1AA set out in the Schedule 4 of this Act as the first schedule to appear after the last section of the principal Act.
In section 91B(2), after “driver licence stop order” , insert “, or notice of details of the fines to which that order relates” .
Part 1 Provision relating to Part 3 of Courts Matters Act 2018
The provisions of Part 3 of the principal Act (as amended by Part 3 of the Courts Matters Act 2018) apply in respect of—
any payment made by a bank or any other financial institution under an attachment order, a deduction order, or any voluntary payment arrangement entered into under section 86 or 86C, whether the payment is made before, on, or after the commencement of this schedule.
Schedule 3 New Schedule 1AA of Criminal Procedure Act 2011 inserted
Part 1 Provision relating to Courts Matters Act 2018
A declaration containing the statement required by section 82(1)﻿(b) of the principal Act (as it read before the amendments made by section 32 of the Courts Matters Act 2018) continues to be admissible in proceedings on and after the commencement of section 32 of the Courts Matters Act 2018.
Schedule 4 New Schedule 1AA of Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 inserted
Schedule 5 Schedule 1AA of Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 inserted
Part 1 Provision relating to subpart 10 of Part 4 of Courts Matters Act 2018
Section 12(6) (as substituted by section 153 of subpart 10 of Part 4 of the Courts Matters Act 2018 (the 2018 Act)) applies in relation to—
Sections 45(2) and 46(1) (as amended by sections 154 and 155 of the 2018 Act) apply in relation to—
any orders made on or after the commencement of sections 154 and 155 of the 2018 Act; and
any application made for an order that has been filed but not determined, before the commencement of sections 154 and 155 of that Act.
Section 48(1) (as amended by section 156 of the 2018 Act) applies, on and after the commencement of section 156 of the 2018 Act, in respect of the enforcement of a manager’s duty to prepare and file statements and any related order or application for an order in existence on the commencement of section 156 of that Act.
Sections 86 and 87 (as amended by sections 158 and 159 of the 2018 Act) apply, on and after the commencement of sections 158 and 159 of that Act, in relation to—
personal orders and property orders in force on the commencement of sections 158 and 159 and personal orders and property orders made after that commencement:
However, if on the commencement of sections 158 and 159 of the 2018 Act, a personal order or a property order has been in force for 3 or more years but less than 5 years, the review required by section 86 or 87 must take place in accordance with the directions of the Judge who set the review period.
This is a reprint of the Courts Matters Act 2018 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
Courts Matters Act Commencement Order 2019 (LI 2019/225)
Courts Matters Act 2018 (Amendments to Courts Security Act 1999) Commencement Order 2019 (LI 2019/60)