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Customer and Product Data Bill

Regulatory and enforcement matters - Civil liability - Jurisdiction

94: Jurisdiction of District Court

You could also call this:

“District Court can decide on certain cases about data sharing”

This bill proposes to give the District Court the power to make decisions on certain applications. These applications are about orders or other powers mentioned in sections 80 to 85 of the bill. You can go to the District Court for these decisions if:

The amount of money involved is not more than $350,000, or There is no money involved in the application, or The need for the decision comes up during other civil cases that are already being dealt with by the District Court, or Everyone involved agrees to let the District Court make the decision, as allowed by section 81 of the District Court Act 2016.

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Part 4 Regulatory and enforcement matters
Civil liability: Jurisdiction

94Jurisdiction of District Court

  1. The District Court may hear and determine applications for orders, or for a court to exercise any other power, under any of the provisions of sections 80 to 85 if—

  2. the amount claimed does not exceed $350,000; or
    1. no amount is claimed; or
      1. the occasion for the making of the order or the exercise of the power arises in the course of civil proceedings properly before the court; or
        1. the parties consent, under section 81 of the District Court Act 2016, to the District Court having jurisdiction to hear and determine the application.