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Family Proceedings Act 1980

Miscellaneous provisions

189: Amendments to other enactments, and repeals

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You need to know that some laws are changing. The laws listed in Schedule 1 are amended as shown in that schedule. This means they are updated to match the new Act. You will see changes in other laws and documents too. When you read other laws or documents, you should replace old references with new ones. For example, when you see 'Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963' or 'Domestic Proceedings Act 1968', you should read it as a reference to this new Act. Some laws are being repealed, which means they are being cancelled. The laws listed in Schedule 2 are repealed. A 'former Act' refers to old laws that dealt with marriage issues in New Zealand before the new Act started.

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions

189Amendments to other enactments, and repeals

  1. The enactments specified in Schedule 1 are hereby amended in the manner indicated in that schedule.

  2. Subject to sections 191 and 192, unless the context otherwise requires, in any other enactment, or in any regulation, rule, order, agreement, deed, instrument, application or other document in force at the commencement of this Act—

  3. every reference to the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963 or the Domestic Proceedings Act 1968 shall hereafter be read as a reference to this Act:
    1. every reference to a decree of dissolution of a voidable marriage or a decree of divorce made under any former Act shall hereafter be read as a reference to an order dissolving a marriage:
      1. every reference to a decree nisi made under any former Act shall hereafter be read as a reference to an order dissolving a marriage that has not taken effect as a final order:
        1. every reference to a decree absolute made under any former Act shall hereafter be read as a reference to an order dissolving a marriage that has taken effect as a final order.

          1. The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed.

          2. In this section, former Act means the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963 or any other enactment governing matrimonial causes in New Zealand before the commencement of that Act.

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