Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994
22Documents etc. for transmission to a New Zealand court
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22 Documents etc. for transmission to a New Zealand court
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Federal Court of Australia, and any court of a State or Territory that is a court specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subsection, are authorised to receive a document or thing that is required by a subpoena to be produced. (2) If, in relation to such a court, the regulations so provide, this section only applies in relation to specified locations of the court’s registry. (3) If a document or thing is lodged at the registry of such a court in compliance with a subpoena, the Registrar of the court must, as soon as practicable after lodgment, cause: (a) the Registrar of the court that issued the subpoena to be informed, by fax or electronic mail, that the document or thing has been so lodged; and (b) the document or thing to be transmitted to that court.