Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Enforcement in Australia of a registered NZ judgment is not affected by the operation of any rul e of private international law (other than any rule in this Part) in operation in Australia.
(2) Without limiting subsection ( 1), an Australian court may not refuse to enforce, or delay, limit or prohibit the enforcement of, a registered NZ judgment on any of the following grounds:
(a) enforcing the judgment would involve the direct or indirect e nforcement in Australia of a New Zealand public law;
(b) New Zealand tax is payable under the judgment ;
(c) the judgment imposes a civil pecuniary penalty or a
regulatory regime criminal fine.