Supreme Court Act 2003
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The Supreme Court Act 2003 (Public Act No 53 2003) was an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand which created the Supreme Court of New Zealand as the country's court of final appeal, and which consequentially abolished appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom.[1] The Act was repealed on 1 March 2017 and replaced by the Senior Courts Act 2016.
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Supreme Court Act 2003 | |
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New Zealand Parliament | |
Royal assent | 17 October 2003 |
Commenced | 1 January 2004 (last appeals to the Privy Council by 1 July 2004) |
Introduced by | Margaret Wilson (as Attorney-General) |
Related legislation | |
Judicature Act 1908 Senior Courts Act 2016 | |
Status: Repealed |
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