New Zealand Acts

CARE OF CHILDREN ACT 2004 - SECT 159

159 Other references to custody and access under 1968 Act

Unless the context otherwise requires, every reference in any document whatsoever (other than in this Act or in an enactment specified in Schedule 4 )—

a) to custody of a child under the Guardianship Act 1968 is, after this Act comes into force, to be read as a reference to the role of providing day-to-day care for the child under this Act; and

b) to access to a child under an order under the Guardianship Act 1968 is, after this Act comes into force, to be read as a reference to contact with the child under an order under this Act.