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Senior Courts Act 2016

High Court - Jurisdiction of High Court

12: Jurisdiction of High Court

You could also call this:

"The High Court's power to make decisions"

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The High Court has the power to make decisions on things it could decide on when the Senior Courts Act 2016 started. You can think of this as the Court being able to do what it was already doing. The High Court also has the power to make decisions that are needed to follow New Zealand's laws. The High Court gets its power from the Senior Courts Act 2016 and other laws. You can find more information about this by looking at other Acts, such as the one found at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM145728. This means the Court can make decisions based on what other laws say it can do.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM5759318.

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Part 2High Court
Jurisdiction of High Court

12Jurisdiction of High Court

  1. The High Court has—

  2. the jurisdiction that it had on the commencement of this Act; and
    1. the judicial jurisdiction that may be necessary to administer the laws of New Zealand; and
      1. the jurisdiction conferred on it by any other Act.

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