New Zealand Acts

CARE OF CHILDREN ACT 2004 - SECT 131A

131A Advice from chief executive or social worker

1 For the purpose of expediting an application for a guardianship order or parenting order, a Registrar, on his or her own initiative, may—

a) refer the application to the chief executive; and

b) request the chief executive to provide brief written advice on the nature and extent of any involvement that the department has had with the parties.

2 On receipt of a request for advice made under subsection (1), the chief executive or a social worker must provide the advice.

3 The Registrar must refer advice received under subsection (2) to the Family Court Judge who is considering the application.

History: Section 131A: inserted, on 31 March 2014, by section 27 of the Care of Children Amendment Act (No 2) 2013 (2013 No 74).