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TRANS-TASMAN PROCEEDINGS ACT 2010 - SECT 77

Costs and expenses of enforcement of registered NZ judgment s

  (1)   If a proceeding for enforcement of a registered NZ judgment is commenced in an Australian court, the following are recoverable in that proceeding :

  (a)   costs and expenses reasonably incurred by , or on behalf of , the entitled person in, or incidental t o, registration of the judgment ;

  (b)   costs and expenses reasonably incurred by , or on behalf of , the entitled person in attempting to enforce the judgment in the original court or tribunal .

  (2)   However, a n entitled p erson ' s entitlement to recover, and a liable person ' s liability to pay, the costs and expenses specified in paragraph   ( 1)(b) are the same as they would be in a proceeding in that Australian court for enforcement of:

  (a)   a judgment given by the Australian court that is similar to the registered NZ judgment ; or

  (b)   if there is no such similar judg ment , a judgment given by the Australian court that is m ost analogous to the registered NZ judgment .


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