Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

Requests to New Zealand - Assistance in obtaining evidence in New Zealand - Assistance in obtaining evidence in New Zealand

35: Powers of Judge may be exercised by Registrar

You could also call this:

"A Registrar can make some decisions like a Judge in certain cases."

Illustration for Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

You can ask a Judge to let a Registrar of the High Court make decisions like a Judge in certain cases, using powers from section 31. A Judge can take back this permission at any time. If the Registrar thinks a case is too hard, they can send it to a Judge for help.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM274420.


Previous

34: Certain persons entitled to appear and be legally represented at proceedings, or

"Who can go to a court hearing and have a lawyer in a case from another country"


Next

36: Evidence Act 2006 not affected, or

"This law does not change the Evidence Act 2006"

Part 3Requests to New Zealand
Assistance in obtaining evidence in New Zealand: Assistance in obtaining evidence in New Zealand

35Powers of Judge may be exercised by Registrar

  1. Any Judge may authorise a Registrar of the High Court to exercise the powers of a Judge under section 31 in respect of any particular case.

  2. Any authorisation given under subsection (1) may be revoked at any time by any Judge.

  3. Where any matter in respect of which he or she has jurisdiction under any authorisation given under subsection (1) appears to the Registrar to be one of special difficulty, he or she may refer the matter to a Judge, who may dispose of the matter or may refer it back to the Registrar with such directions as the Judge thinks fit.

  4. Nothing in this section shall prevent the exercise, by any Judge, of any jurisdiction or powers conferred on any Registrar under this section.

Compare
  • 1908 No 56 s 48B
  • 1962 No 34 s 4