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Senior Courts Act 2016

Court of Appeal - Constitution

54: Sessions of Court of Appeal

You could also call this:

"Who is in charge at the Court of Appeal"

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When you are in the Court of Appeal, the President is in charge if they are there. If the President is not there, the most senior Judge who is present takes over. You can find more information about this by looking at the related law https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM146991

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM5759369.

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Part 3Court of Appeal
Constitution

54Sessions of Court of Appeal

  1. The President of the Court of Appeal presides at a session of the court at which he or she is present.

  2. If the President is not present, the senior Judge of the Court of Appeal who is present presides.

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