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Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Regulations, transitional provisions, and miscellaneous provisions - Enforcement of overseas pecuniary penalties under application regime

593: Rules of private international law not to apply

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"New Zealand courts must enforce a registered judgment, no matter what other countries' laws say."

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If a judgment is registered in the High Court, the New Zealand courts cannot refuse to let you enforce the judgment just because of a private international law rule. You can take or continue proceedings to enforce the registered judgment. The courts must permit this, as stated in the related legislation.

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Part 9Regulations, transitional provisions, and miscellaneous provisions
Enforcement of overseas pecuniary penalties under application regime

593Rules of private international law not to apply

  1. If a judgment is registered in the High Court under this subpart, the courts of New Zealand must not, merely because of the operation of a rule of private international law, refuse to permit proceedings by way of enforcement of the registered judgment to be taken or continued.

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