3Purpose of, and guide to, this Act

#### 3 Purpose of, and guide to, this Act The purpose of this Act is to: (a) streamline the process for resolving civil proceedings with a trans‑Tasman element in order to reduce costs and improve efficiency; and (b) minimise existing impediments to enforcing certain NZ judgments and regulatory sanctions; and (c) implement the Trans‑Tasman Agreement in Australian law. > Note: Provisions to implement the Trans‑Tasman Agreement in New Zealand law are in the NZ Act. This Part has a list of the terms that are defined in this Act (see section 4). The terms are either defined in section 4 or in another provision of this Act. If another provision defines the term, section 4 will have a signpost to that definition. Part 2 is about serving defendants in New Zealand with initiating documents for certain civil proceedings in Australian courts or tribunals. Part 3 is about when an Australian court may stay a proceeding on the grounds that a New Zealand court is the more appropriate forum to determine the matters in issue. Part 4 provides for certain Australian courts to give interim relief in support of civil proceedings in New Zealand courts. Part 5 is about subpoenas issued by certain Australian and New Zealand courts and tribunals. It allows for those subpoenas to be served in the other country and provides for how that service must be done. Part 6 is about people appearing remotely from New Zealand in Australian proceedings and people appearing remotely from Australia in New Zealand proceedings. Part 7 is about the enforcement in Australia of specified judgments of New Zealand courts and tribunals. Part 8 has some special rules about particular Australian and New Zealand proceedings that relate to the trans‑Tasman market. Part 9 has a number of evidential rules relating to New Zealand that apply in proceedings in Australian courts and certain other bodies. Part 10 deals with miscellaneous matters.