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Senior Courts Act 2016

High Court - Constitution of High Court

6: High Court continued

You could also call this:

"The High Court keeps working as it has in the past."

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You know there is a High Court in New Zealand. It keeps on existing. The High Court has a Chief Justice and other judges who get appointed. The High Court is a special kind of court called a court of record. You can think of the High Court as the same court that was continued by section 3(1) of the Judicature Act 1908. This means it is still the same court that was established a long time ago. It has the same role and powers as it had before.

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Part 2High Court
Constitution of High Court

6High Court continued

  1. There continues to be a High Court of New Zealand.

  2. The High Court consists of—

  3. the Chief Justice of New Zealand; and
    1. the other High Court Judges who are from time to time appointed.

      1. The High Court is a court of record.

      2. The High Court is the same court as the High Court continued by section 3(1) of the Judicature Act 1908.

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