New Zealand Acts

CARE OF CHILDREN ACT 2004 - SECT 107

107 Applications to be dealt with speedily

1 A court to which an application under section 105(1) is made must, so far as practicable, give priority to the proceedings in order to ensure that they are dealt with speedily.

2 Subsection (3) applies to an application made to a court under section 105(1) in respect of a child if the application is not determined within the period of 6 weeks commencing on the date on which the application is made.

3 The Authority may, and must if requested by the applicant or the Central Authority of the Contracting State from which the child was removed, request the Registrar of the court to supply a statement of the reasons why the application has not been determined within that period, and the Registrar must, as soon as practicable, supply the statement to the Authority.

4 The Authority must send a copy of the statement to the applicant or, as the case may require, the Central Authority of the relevant Contracting State.

Note: 1991 No 19 s 14