New Zealand Legislation: Acts

27 Need for application in respect of hospital patient, etc, may be investigated

• (1) Where—

  • (a) Any person is or has been admitted to any hospital, home, or other institution as a patient or resident; and

  • (b) The superintendent, licensee, supervisor, or other person in charge of the hospital, home, or other institution considers—

    • (i) That the patient or resident may be a person in relation to whom a Court has jurisdiction under this Part of this Act; and

    • (ii) That it may be desirable in the interests of the patient or resident that a manager be appointed under this Part of this Act in respect of any property owned by the patient or resident,—

  the superintendent, licensee, supervisor, or other person in charge may give notice of the case to the Registrar of the Court.

  (2) On receiving any notice under subsection (1) of this section, the Registrar may refer the matter to a trustee corporation with a request that the corporation investigate the case and report to the Registrar on—

  • (a) Whether any person described in section 26 of this Act is intending to make an application to the Court for the exercise of its jurisdiction under section 25 of this Act, or to a trustee corporation under section 32 or section 33 of this Act, in respect of any property owned by the patient or resident; and

  • (b) If no such person is intending to make such an application, whether the trustee corporation considers that such an application would be desirable in the interests of the patient.

  (3) If the trustee corporation—

  • (a) Finds that no person described in section 26 of this Act intends to make such an application; and

  • (b) Considers that the making of such an application would be desirable in the interest of the patient; and

  • (c) Does not intend to make such an application itself,—

  the trustee corporation may report accordingly to the Registrar.

  (4) On receiving a report under subsection (3) of this section, the Registrar shall refer the matter to a Judge who may give to the Registrar all such directions as the Judge considers appropriate to have the matter drawn to the attention of such person or persons described in section 26 of this Act as the Judge thinks fit.