Section 4 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Interpretation

4 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Associate Judge means an Associate Judge of the High Court Chief High Court Judge — (a) means the person holding that office under section 100 ; and (b) includes a Judge of the High Court acting in place of the Chief High Court Judge under section 109 Chief Justice means the Chief Justice of New Zealand holding office under section 100 Court of Appeal means the Court of Appeal of New Zealand continued under section 45 defendant means a person served or intended to be served with any application to the High Court for the exercise of its civil or criminal jurisdiction High Court means the High Court of New Zealand continued under section 6 High Court Rules means the High Court Rules 2016 that are part of this Act under section 147 interlocutory application — (a) means any application to the High Court in any civil proceedings or criminal proceedings, or intended civil proceedings or intended criminal proceedings, for— (i) an order or a direction relating to a matter of procedure; or (ii) in the case of civil proceedings, for some relief ancillary to that claimed in a pleading; and (b) includes an application to review an order made, or a direction given, on any application to which paragraph (a) applies Judge means a Judge of the High Court judgment includes decree lawyer has the meaning given to it by section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 medical practitioner means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of medicine Minister means the Minister or Ministers of the Crown who, under the authority of any warrant or with the authority of the Prime Minister, is or are for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act plaintiff means a person who makes an application (other than an interlocutory application) to the High Court for the exercise of its civil or criminal jurisdiction President of the Court of Appeal means the Court of Appeal Judge holding office under section 100 Supreme Court means the Supreme Court of New Zealand continued under section 66 working day means a day that is not— (a) a Saturday, a Sunday, Waitangi Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, the Sovereign’s birthday, or Labour Day; or (b) the day observed as the anniversary day of the province in which the court is located; or (c) if Waitangi Day or Anzac Day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday; or (d) a day in the period commencing on 25 December in one year and ending with 15 January in the next year. (2) A reference in any enactment to a senior court in New Zealand must, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, or the Supreme Court. (3) A reference in any enactment to a senior court of a country other than New Zealand must, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to a court that has jurisdiction comparable to the jurisdiction of a senior court in New Zealand.