Section 7 — District Court Act 2016: District Court

7 District Court (1) This Act establishes the District Court of New Zealand (the court ). (2) The court consists of— (a) the Chief District Court Judge; and (b) the Principal Family Court Judge and the Principal Youth Court Judge; and (c) the other District Court Judges. (3) The court has civil and criminal jurisdiction and is a court of record. (4) The court is a single court that replaces the District Courts that were continued by the District Courts Act 1947 . (5) On and after the coming into force of this Act,— (a) a District Court in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Act is part of the court: (b) any act or thing that was done in relation to a proceeding commenced in a District Court before the coming into force of this Act is to be treated as having been done in the court sitting in the same place as that District Court: (c) any act or thing that could have been done in relation to a proceeding commenced in a District Court before the coming into force of this Act must be done in relation to the proceeding in the court sitting in the same place as that District Court. (6) In subsection (5), District Court includes a Family Court or a Youth Court that was a division of the particular District Court. Compare: 1947 No 16 s 3(1)