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Family Proceedings Act 1980

Miscellaneous provisions

194: Transitional provision for proceedings commenced before commencement of Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013

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You are involved in a court case under the Family Proceedings Act 1980 that started before the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 came into effect. This case is called a pending proceeding if it was not finished by the time the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 started. Some new rules do not apply to your pending proceeding. You need to know that some sections of the Act do not apply to your case. These sections are section 162A, section 162B, section 162C, and section 162D. The old version of section 162 still applies to your case, even though the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 has come into effect, and it applies with any necessary changes as if the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 was not in force. The Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 can be found on the New Zealand legislation website https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM5617003

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions

194Transitional provision for proceedings commenced before commencement of Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013

  1. This section applies to proceedings under this Act that were commenced before the date of commencement of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 but were not by that date completed (a pending proceeding).

  2. The following provisions do not apply to a pending proceeding:

  3. section 162A:
    1. section 162B:
      1. section 162C:
        1. section 162D.

          1. Section 162, as in force immediately before the date of commencement of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013, continues to apply to a pending proceeding with any necessary modifications as if the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 had not come into force.

          Notes
          • Section 194: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Family Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 (2013 No 80).