New Zealand Acts

CARE OF CHILDREN ACT 2004 - SECT 153

153 Orders under 1968 Act appointing person as guardian

1 Orders made under provisions of the Guardianship Act 1968 listed in column 2 of the following table and that are in force immediately before the date on which this Act comes into force may be enforced, varied, discharged, or otherwise dealt with under this Act as if they were made under the corresponding provisions of this Act listed in column 3 of that table.

Kind of guardian		Provision of 1968 Act		Provision of this Act
father		section 6(3)		section 19(4)
testamentary		section 7(3)		section 26(3)
court-appointed		section 8		section 27

2 The guardianship of a person appointed as guardian by an order referred to in subsection (1) terminates in accordance with section 28 of this Act and, in particular, if the order is expressed to continue in force until the child concerned turns 20 years or attains full age, it has effect as if the reference to the child attaining that age were a reference to the child turning 18 years.