Section 189 — Family Proceedings Act 1980: Amendments to other enactments, and repeals

189 Amendments to other enactments, and repeals (1) The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act are hereby amended in the manner indicated in that Schedule. (2) Subject to sections 191 and 192 of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, in any other enactment, or in any regulation, rule, order, agreement, deed, instrument, application or other document in force at the commencement of this Act— (a) Every reference to the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963 or the Domestic Proceedings Act 1968 shall hereafter be read as a reference to this Act: (b) Every reference to a decree of dissolution of a voidable marriage or a decree of divorce made under any former Act shall hereafter be read as a reference to an order dissolving a marriage: (c) Every reference to a decree nisi made under any former Act shall hereafter be read as a reference to an order dissolving a marriage that has not taken effect as a final order: (d) Every reference to a decree absolute made under any former Act shall hereafter be read as a reference to an order dissolving a marriage that has taken effect as a final order. (3) The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed. (4) In this section, former Act means the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963 or any other enactment governing matrimonial causes in New Zealand before the commencement of that Act. Compare: 1963 No 71 ss 89, 90; 1968 No 62 ss 133, 134