Adult relationships

Key statutes

  • Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (PPPR)
  • Civil Union Act 2004
  • Family Proceedings Act 1980
  • Property (Relationships) Act 1976
  • Marriage Act 1955
  • Domestic Actions Act 1975
  • Family Protection Act 1955
  • Joint Family Homes Act 1964

Key secondary legislation

  • Family Court Rules 2002
  • Epidemic Preparedness (Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988—Enduring Powers of Attorney) Immediate Modification Order 2020
  • Protection of Personal and Property Rights (Enduring Powers of Attorney Forms and Prescribed Information) Regulations 2008
  • Protection of Personal and Property Rights (Enduring Powers of Attorney Forms) Regulations 2008
  • Protection of Personal and Property Rights Regulations 1988
  • Protection of Personal and Property Rights (Resealing of Court Orders) Order 1988
  • Protection of Personal and Property Rights (Incapacitated Person in Australia or Great Britain) Order 1989
  • Civil Union (Prescribed Information, Fees, and Forms) Regulations 2005
  • Civil Unions (Recognised Overseas Relationships) Regulations 2005
  • Family Proceedings Rules 1981
  • Trans-Tasman Proceedings (District Courts and Family Courts Giving Interim Relief in Support of Australian Proceedings) Order 2013
  • Property (Relationships) Forms Regulations 2001
  • Property (Relationships) Model Form of Agreement Regulations 2001
  • Marriage (Fees) Regulations 1995
  • Marriage (Forms) Regulations 1995
  • Marriage (Prescribed Information and Forms) Regulations 1995
  • Proxy Marriage Regulations 1958
  • Health Practitioners (Protected Quality Assurance Activity—New Zealand Family Planning Association Incorporated) Notice 2017
  • Joint Family Homes Regulations 1965

Information/links to recent or currently underway reviews

Lawcom: Review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976(external link)

Forward work

The NZ Law Commission completed its review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 in 2019. A review of succession law was subsequently referred to the Commission. The Government intends to consider the Law Commission’s recommendations from both reviews at the same time. 

 
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