Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010

An entitled person may apply to register an NZ judgment (other than one that imposes a civil pecuniary penalty or a regulatory regime criminal fine, or is an NZ market proceeding judgment) in any of the following courts:

a superior Australian court;

an inferior Australian court that has power to give the relief that is in the judgment.

An entitled person may apply to register an NZ judgment that imposes a civil pecuniary penalty (other than an NZ market proceeding judgment) in:

a superior Australian court; or

an inferior Australian court that has power to impose a civil pecuniary penalty of the same value as the penalty imposed by the judgment.

An entitled person may apply to register an NZ judgment (other than an NZ market proceeding judgment) in a superior Australian court if the judgment imposes a regulatory regime criminal fine.

An entitled person may apply to register an NZ market proceeding judgment in the Federal Court.

An application under this section must be made:

in the form (if any) prescribed by the regulations; and

in accordance with the requirements (if any) prescribed by the regulations; and

within:

6 years after the day on which the judgment is given; or

if there have been proceedings by way of appeal against the judgment—6 years after the day of the last judgment in those proceedings; or

if, before or after the period referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), the entitled person applies to the Australian court for a longer period—any longer period the Australian court considers appropriate.

Without limiting paragraph (5)(b), regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph may prescribe that specified documents be filed:

in a specified way; and

with, or within a specified time after the filing of, the application.