New Zealand Legislation: Acts

23 Appointment of welfare guardian in event of non-compliance

• (1) Where any person is required by a personal order to do anything and that person fails to comply with any of the requirements of the order, any party to the proceedings in which the order was made, or the person in respect of whom the order was made, may apply to a court for the appointment of a welfare guardian.

  (2) The function of a welfare guardian appointed under this section shall be to take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with the order of the court by the person who has so far failed to comply with it.

  (3) A court, on appointing a welfare guardian under this section, shall specify in the order by which the appointment is made the date on which the welfare guardian is to cease to act; and on that date the order shall expire.

  (4) Subject to the preceding provisions of this section, the provisions of sections 19 to 22, so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, shall apply to a welfare guardian appointed under this section as if the welfare guardian had been appointed under section 12.