10Protection from enforcement of judgements and orders

#### 10 Protection from enforcement of judgements and orders (1) An act cannot be done in relation to the object to enforce a judgement or order of a federal court or a court of a State, Territory or foreign country that: (a) is a judgement or order in personam against a protected person for the object; or (b) is a judgement or order in rem relating to the object. Exception for some foreign judgements and awards (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent an act from being done: (a) under Part 2 of the Foreign Judgments Act 1991 to enforce a judgement of: (i) a superior court of a country in relation to which that Part extends; or (ii) an inferior court to which that Part extends; or (b) under Part 7 of the Trans‑Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 to enforce a judgement of a court of New Zealand; or (c) under Part II of the International Arbitration Act 1974. Exception for judgements and orders favouring protected persons (3) Subsection (1) does not prevent an act from being done to enforce a judgement or order in favour of a protected person for the object, unless: (a) that person is a protected person for the object because of a particular paragraph of the definition of protected person in section 5; and (b) the judgement or order is against a person who is a protected person for the object because of an earlier paragraph of that definition. Exception for certain other judgements and orders (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to: (a) an order made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; or (b) a judgement or order made in proceedings prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this subsection.