New Zealand Legislation: Acts

20 Application to Family Court Judge if consent refused

• (1) If a person whose consent to a civil union is required under section 19 refuses to give that consent, a Family Court Judge may, on application, consent to the civil union, and that consent has the same effect as if it had been given by the person who refused to give consent.

  (2) When an application is made to a Family Court Judge for consent to a civil union, notice of the application must be served on every person whose consent to the civil union is required under section 19.

  (3) Despite subsection (2), a Family Court Judge may, at his or her discretion, dispense with serving notice on a person whose consent to a civil union is required under section 19.

  Compare: 1955 No 92 s 19