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Important note before reporting/republishing Youth Court decisions

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Applications for leave can be made:

• to the presiding judge, via the registrar, at the court where the case was dealt with, or
• through the Chief District Court Judge's Chambers: ChiefJudges.Chambers@courts.govt.nz

¹ Note that this requirement does not apply to bona fide professional or technical publications that meet the definition in s 148(2).