New Zealand Legislation: Acts

25 Appointments under section 23 take effect on approval

• (1) An appointment under section 23 takes effect only on the Registrar of a Family Court approving the form and declarations referred to in section 23(5).

  (2) The Registrar must not approve those documents unless, having made all reasonable inquiries, he or she is satisfied—

  • (a) that the form and declarations are accompanied by the proposed additional guardian’s criminal record (as required by section 23(5)), and have been properly completed and appear to be in order; and

  • (b) in particular, that the Family Court case-management system appears to hold no information that, in the light of section 22 or section 23, would prevent the appointment.

  (3) Nothing in this section requires the Registrar to inquire into details of a conviction in the proposed additional guardian’s criminal record.

  (4) Family Court case-management system means the system for the time being used by the Ministry of Justice to manage, maintain, and access Family Court case records.