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Evidence Act 2006

Evidence from overseas or to be used overseas - Proceedings in Australia and New Zealand - Interpretation and application

152: Power of Minister of Justice in relation to certain tribunals

You could also call this:

"The Minister of Justice can decide that some special groups are courts in New Zealand or Australia."

The Minister of Justice can declare some tribunals to be courts. You can think of a tribunal like a special group that makes decisions on certain issues. The Minister can say that a New Zealand tribunal is a New Zealand court, or that an Australian tribunal is an Australian court. When the Minister makes a declaration, it is called secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. This means the declaration has to follow certain rules, like being published, so everyone knows about it.

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Part 4Evidence from overseas or to be used overseas
Proceedings in Australia and New Zealand: Interpretation and application

152Power of Minister of Justice in relation to certain tribunals

  1. For the purposes of this subpart, the Minister of Justice may declare—

  2. any New Zealand tribunal to be a New Zealand court:
    1. any tribunal of the Commonwealth of Australia or of a State or a territory of Australia to be an Australian court.

      1. A declaration under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Compare
      • 1994 No 31 s 3
      Notes
      • Section 152(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
      • Section 152(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).