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Relationships Act 2003
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### 58 Transactions to defeat claims
> > (1) If a court is satisfied that an existing or anticipated order in a proceeding under this Act is likely to be defeated by the making of a document or disposition by a party to the proceeding, the court may set aside or restrain the making of the document or disposition.
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> > (2) If a court is satisfied that an existing or anticipated order in a proceeding under this Act was defeated by the making of a document or disposition by a party to the proceeding, the court may order that –
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> > > > (a) any property dealt with by the document or disposition be applied towards, or charged with, payment of –
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> > > > > > (i) an amount payable under an order adjusting interests in the property of one or more of the parties to the proceeding; or
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> > > > > > (ii) costs; or
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> > > > (b) the proceeds of a sale be paid into court to satisfy its order.
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> > (3) A court may order a party or a person acting in collusion with a party to pay the costs of any other party, or of a genuine purchaser or other interested person, of and incidental to any document or disposition or the setting aside or restraining of the document or disposition.
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> > (4) For the purpose of this section –
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> > > > (a) something is made by a person if the thing is made by or on behalf of, or by direction or in the interests of, the person; and
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> > > > (b) it does not matter that the document or disposition is intended to defeat the order concerned.