(1) These rules may be cited as the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Rules 1989.

(2) These rules shall come into force on 1 November 1989.

(1) Subject to this rule and unless the context otherwise requires, these rules shall apply to all proceedings under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989.

(2) Subject to rule 29, these rules do not apply to—

• (a) criminal proceedings; or

• (aa) proceedings under the Act to which the Family Courts Rules 2002 apply, namely—

  • (i) proceedings in a Family Court; and

  • (ii) proceedings in a District Court acting under section 151 of the Act or under section 15 of the Family Courts Act 1980; or

• (b) proceedings that are transferred to the High Court under section 14 of the Family Courts Act 1980; or

• (c) proceedings in respect of any maintenance agreement or maintenance order.

(3) If in any proceedings any question arises as to the application of any provision of these rules, the court may, either on the application of any party or of its own motion, determine the question and give such direction as it thinks fit.

(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(2) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—

• (a) a reference to a Part or rule is a reference to a Part or rule of these rules:

• (b) a reference in a rule to a subclause is a reference to a subclause of that rule:

• (c) a reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form so numbered in Schedule 1.

(3) Expressions not defined in these rules but defined in the Act have, in these rules, the meanings so defined.

These rules shall be so construed as to secure the just, speedy, simple, and inexpensive determination of any proceedings.

(1) No practice that is inconsistent with these rules shall prevail in any court.

(2) Subject to subclauses (3) to (5), if any case arises for which no form of procedure is prescribed by the Act or these rules, the District Courts Rules shall apply, so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, and the general practice of District Courts shall apply.

(3) Notwithstanding subclause (2), a court shall dispose of any case to which that subclause applies in such manner and subject to such modifications as the court thinks best calculated to promote the ends of justice.

(4) Those provisions of the District Courts Rules that are set out in Schedule 2 shall not apply to proceedings under the Act.

(5) Where a court is satisfied, in the circumstances of any particular case, that—

• (a) the provisions of the Act, of these rules, or of the District Courts Rules, or the practice of the court, do not make adequate provision for procedure or practice; or

• (b) difficulties arise or doubts exist as to the appropriate procedure or practice,—

the court may give such directions with respect to the procedure and practice to be followed in the case as the court considers necessary to promote the ends of justice.

(6) Every Judge may from time to time give such directions, not inconsistent with any enactment or these rules, as the Judge thinks proper for regulating the business of the court over which the Judge presides.

Non-compliance with any of these rules shall not render void the proceedings in which the non-compliance has occurred, but the proceedings may, of the court's own motion or on application made with reference to the non-compliance, be set aside either wholly or in part or amended or otherwise dealt with in such manner or on such terms as the court thinks fit.

Where any party to any proceedings is not legally represented, the Registrar shall ensure that assistance is reasonably available, either from that Registrar himself or herself, or from that Registrar's staff, to enable that person to complete any form required by these rules.

(1) The Registrar of every District Court shall keep the following records:

• (a) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Records in such form as the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice directs from time to time, in which shall be entered a record of each application made under the Act, and of the decision on the application; and

• (b) such other records as the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice directs from time to time.

(2) A minute of the decision on each application shall be signed and dated by the Judge or Registrar making the order.

(1) Subject to subclause (2), the following persons may search the records of and the documents filed in the District Court in relation to any proceedings under the Act:

• (a) a party to the proceedings, a solicitor for a party, or an agent for such a solicitor:

• (b) any barrister or solicitor or Youth Advocate representing the child or young person who is the subject of the proceedings:

• (c) [Revoked]

• (d) any lay advocate appointed to appear in support of the child or young person who is the subject of the proceedings:

• (e) any Care and Protection Co-ordinator:

• (f) any Youth Justice Co-ordinator:

• (g) the Commissioner for Children, or any person authorised by the Commissioner to act on the Commissioner's behalf:

• (h) any other person who satisfies the Registrar that the person has a proper interest in the proceedings.

(2) If the Registrar considers that it would contravene a direction given by a Judge to permit a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (h) of subclause (1) to inspect any particular document, or that there is some other special reason why the person should not search any particular document, the Registrar may decline to permit that person to search that document.

(3) If a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (h) of subclause (1) disputes the exercise by the Registrar of the power conferred on the Registrar by subclause (1) or subclause (2), the Registrar shall, on that person's request, submit the request to a Judge, whose decision shall be final.

(1) The forms to be used in proceedings under the Act shall be those set out in Schedule 1.

(2) Such variations may be made in any prescribed form as the circumstances of any particular case may require.

(3) Strict compliance with prescribed forms is not necessary and substantial compliance, or such compliance as the particular circumstances of the case allow, is sufficient.

(4) Where no form is prescribed by these rules or by the District Courts Rules (as applied by these rules), a form may be devised by the parties or by the court, using as guides the forms prescribed by these rules and the District Courts Rules.

(5) Each sheet of paper used for any form shall be of international size A4.

(6) Each sheet of paper on which the contents of a document are recorded shall have those contents recorded only on one side.

(7) In the case of each form set out in Schedule 1 a margin of at least 40 mm shall be left at the top of each page.

(1) All notices required to be given or served by the Act or by these rules shall be in writing, unless the Act or these rules otherwise provide or the court in any particular case otherwise directs.

(2) Where an application is made for any order or direction relative to the service of an application upon any person, the court or Judge or Registrar hearing the same may require such further information or matter to be stated in the notice to that person, and may impose such conditions as seem proper to the court or Judge or Registrar in the circumstances of the particular case.

(1) Every application, notice, order, summons, warrant, affidavit, or memorandum, and every other document filed by any party (other than a certificate, a report, or any document tendered in evidence), shall bear a proper heading.

(2) The heading, which may be in form CYPF 1, shall show—

• (a) the distinguishing number of the application or other matter; and

• (b) the full name of the child or young person to whom the application or other matter relates; and

• (c) the date of birth of that child or young person; and

• (d) the court in which the matter is proceeding.

(1) [Revoked]

(2) [Revoked]

(3) Every application shall be addressed to the Registrar of the court to which it is made.

(4) Every application must be filed together with the number of copies the Registrar directs (which number must not exceed the number of persons intended to be served) of the following documents:

• (a) the application; and

• (b) if the application is an application under section 371 of the Act, the information sheet required by rules 16(1) and 69(2) to accompany the application.

(5) Every application shall state—

• (a) the order or declaration applied for; and

• (b) sufficient particulars to show the reasons why the applicant claims that the order or declaration should be made.

(6) An application may—

• (a) seek more than 1 order or declaration:

• (b) relate to more than 1 child or young person, but only if the same persons or organisations are parties to the proceedings in respect of those children or young persons.

(1) If an ex parte application is one upon which an appearance is necessary or required, the Registrar shall fix a date and time for its hearing and shall inform the applicant of the date and time so fixed.

(2) If an order is made on an application on which no appearance is necessary or required by the applicant, the Registrar shall immediately inform the applicant of the terms of the order.

(1) Every application under section 371 of the Act must be accompanied by a duly completed information sheet in form CYPF 5.

(2) [Revoked]

(3) Where the application is to be served, a copy of the information sheet shall be served with the application.

(4) Where an information sheet filed in any court is in any material aspect incomplete, the Registrar may require the applicant to file and serve, as soon as practicable, a replacement information sheet that includes those details.

(1) Every application shall be filed in the District Court nearest by the most practicable route to the place where the child or young person in respect of whom the application is made resides.

(2) On the filing of the application, the Registrar shall enter the application in the records of the court.

(3) On the filing of any application that is made on notice, the Registrar shall issue, for service on each party,—

• (a) a copy of the application; and

• (b) [Revoked]

• (c) a copy of the information sheet (if any) accompanying the application.

(1) Where proceedings are commenced in the wrong court, a Judge, on such terms and conditions as the Judge thinks fit, may either—

• (a) transfer the proceedings to the court in which they ought to have been commenced; or

• (b) order that the proceedings shall continue in the court in which they were commenced.

(2) Subject to subclause (1), no objection shall be taken at the hearing or at any subsequent proceedings on the ground that the proceedings were filed in the wrong court.

(1) Subject to subclauses (2) to (4), in any proceedings under the Act, a party may, within 7 days after service on that party of the application and notice, file in the court and serve on the applicant or the applicant's solicitor, and on the barrister or solicitor representing the child or young person to whom the application relates, a notice of intention to appear.

(2) Every notice of intention to appear shall be in form CYPF 7.

(3) Where a party resides outside New Zealand, or where there is substituted service, the time after service within which that party may file a notice of intention to appear to the application shall, on application by the applicant, be fixed by the court or a Judge or by a Registrar.

(4) [Revoked]

(5) [Revoked]

(1) This rule applies to a party who—

• (a) is served with an application; and

• (b) fails to file and serve a notice of intention to appear within the time specified in or under rule 20.

(2) If the party appears on the day of the hearing of the application to oppose or support the application, the Judge must decide whether it is in the interests of justice to allow the party to be heard.

(3) In deciding, for the purpose of subclause (2), whether to allow the party to be heard in relation to the application, the Judge must take into account the following matters:

• (a) any reason given by the party for failing to comply with rule 20; and

• (b) the effect of the party's failure to comply with rule 20 on—

  • (i) the other parties to the proceeding:

  • (ii) the management of the proceeding.

(4) The Judge may—

• (a) allow the party to be heard in relation to the application on such terms as the Judge thinks fit; or

• (b) decline to allow the party to be heard.

(5) If the Judge allows the party to be heard in relation to the application, the Judge may—

• (a) either—

  • (i) proceed with the hearing of the application in accordance with any directions that the Judge thinks fit; or

  • (ii) adjourn the hearing of the application and give any directions about the adjourned hearing that the Judge thinks fit; and

• (b) make an order against the party for costs properly incurred in consequence of his or her failure to comply with rule 20.

(6) If the Judge declines to allow the party to be heard, the Judge may proceed with the hearing of the application as if the party had not appeared.

(1) With the leave of the court, an applicant may file and serve an amended application, and a party may file and serve an amended notice of intention to appear at any time before the hearing.

(2) The leave of the court shall not be required under subclause (1) if the application has not been set down for hearing.

(3) When an application or notice of intention to appear is amended, the court may, at the hearing, on good cause being shown, adjourn the hearing for such time and on such terms as may be just.

Any application in the course of proceedings shall be filed in the court in which the proceedings were commenced or to which they have been transferred, or transferred for hearing, as the case may require.

(1) Unless a Judge in any particular case otherwise orders, no application shall be set down for hearing—

• (a) [Revoked]

• (b) before the time for filing a notice of intention to appear has expired.

(2) Subject to subclause (1),—

• (a) the application shall be set down for hearing on the filing of an application for a fixture in form CYPF 8 and not otherwise; and

• (b) the application for a fixture shall be signed by or on behalf of—

  • (i) the applicant; and

  • (ii) the barrister or solicitor representing the child or young person in respect of whom the application is made; and

  • (iii) every person (if any) who has filed a notice of intention to appear.

(3) Notwithstanding subclause (2), the Registrar may set the application down for hearing where the application is not signed by all of the persons specified in that subclause if the Registrar is satisfied—

• (a) that the persons who have not signed the application have refused to do so; and

• (b) that none of those persons has, in the circumstances, a reasonable reason for refusing to sign the application.

(4) Where the Registrar sets the application down for hearing under subclause (3), the Registrar shall endorse the application accordingly.

(5) The Registrar shall give notice of the time and date of hearing to the parties and to the barrister or solicitor representing the child or young person in respect of whom the application is made.

(6) It shall be the duty of all parties to furnish without delay to the Registrar all available information affecting any estimated length of the hearing.

In any proceedings under the Act, the Judge may do all or any of the following things:

• (a) where appropriate, deal with any application or hold conferences by way of a telephone conference link-up at the expense of 1 or more of the parties:

• (b) where appropriate, deal with any application by way of telegram, facsimile transmission, telex message, or courier post at the expense of 1 or more of the parties:

• (c) make such use of videotape, film projection, computers, and other equipment as the Judge sees fit in the proceedings, subject to a direction as to the manner in which the parties shall defray the costs of so doing:

• (d) make arrangements for the more speedy and effective recording of evidence, subject to a direction as to the manner in which the parties shall defray the costs of so doing:

• (e) appoint any person authorised in law to administer an oath to any witness giving evidence in any manner envisaged by this rule.

(1) Where—

• (a) the making of any order, or the imposing of any condition, under Part 4 of the Act requires the consent of any person or organisation; or

• (b) [Revoked]

the filing in the office of the court of a duly completed statement of consent in form CYPF 9 shall be sufficient evidence that the person by whom or the organisation by which that statement is signed or executed consents to the making of the order or, as the case requires, the imposing of the condition.

(2) Where—

• (a) the court proposes to make any order under Part 4 of the Act; and

• (b) either or both of the following requirements apply, namely,—

  • (i) the making of that order requires the consent of any person or organisation:

  • (ii) that order may not be made unless a particular person or organisation has been informed of the proposal or intention to make the order and has been given an opportunity to make representations to the court or to appear and be heard by the court; and

• (c) that person or organisation has not consented to the making of the order,—

the Registrar shall give notice to that person or organisation specifying the order that the court proposes to make and the time and place at which the person or organisation may make representations to the court.

(3) Every notice under subclause (2) shall be in form CYPF 10.

If a Judge of any court is satisfied that any proceedings in that court can be more conveniently or fairly dealt with in some other court, the Judge may order them to be transferred to that court.

If a Judge of any court is satisfied that any application filed in that court can be more conveniently or fairly heard in some other court, but that the application should remain an application to the first-mentioned court, the Judge may order that the hearing of the application shall take place in that other court.

(1) Any transfer authorised by rule 30 or rule 31 may be made by the Judge of his or her own motion, or on the application of any party on not less than 3 days' notice.

(2) Where—

• (a) all parties consent; or

• (b) the transfer is required as a matter of urgency, and no Judge is available to consider it,—

the order may be made by the Registrar.

(3) The order shall be endorsed on the application, and notice of the transfer shall be given to all parties.

Where, in relation to any proceedings under the Act,—

• (a) any transfer of proceedings or transfer of hearing is ordered under rule 30 or rule 31; or

• (b) [Revoked]

rule 37 of the Family Proceedings Rules 1981 (SR 1981/261) shall apply with any necessary modifications to that transfer.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by these rules, the Registrar shall serve or cause to be served—

• (a) a copy of every application for the exercise of a court's jurisdiction; and

• (b) a copy of every information sheet filed with the application; and

• (c) every summons issued under the Act.

(2) The Registrar may also in his or her discretion, and shall on the direction of a Judge, serve or cause to be served any other document required for the purpose of any proceedings under the Act.

(3) The Registrar may permit a solicitor for a party or a solicitor acting as agent for that solicitor, or some person employed by either solicitor, to serve any application specified in subclause (1).

(1) Subject to subclause (2), each party, unless he or she has sooner given his or her address for service in accordance with that subclause, shall give an address for service at the foot of the first document filed by that party or on the information sheet filed under rule 16.

(2) A party (other than the party commencing proceedings) may give an address for service by stating it in a notice filed in the court and by serving a copy of the notice on each other party to the proceedings.

(3) Any address for service may from time to time be altered by reasonable notice to the Registrar and to each other party to the proceedings.

(4) Except where the Act or these rules (other than rule 37(1)) requires or prescribes personal service of a document or a copy of a document or prescribes, in relation to a document, a particular and exclusive mode by which that document is to be served or given, a document or a copy of a document that is required by the Act or these rules to be served or given may be served or given to any party—

• (a) by leaving it at an address for service given by that party in accordance with this rule; or

• (b) where an address for service given by that party in accordance with this rule is the office of a solicitor,—

  • (i) if that solicitor has an exchange box in a document exchange, by leaving that document, addressed to that solicitor, in that exchange box or at another exchange box for transmission to that exchange box; or

  • (ii) if that solicitor has a number to which documents may be sent by facsimile transmission, by transmitting it to that solicitor by facsimile transmission.

(5) The provisions of subclauses (1) to (4), so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall apply to every person who is given or served with any notice or other document in the proceedings, in the same manner as they apply to a party to the proceedings.

(1) Except as provided by the Act or these rules, and subject to rule 36(4), every application, notice, or other document required or prescribed by either the Act or these rules to be served on any person shall be served—

• (a) by personally delivering the document to the person to be served or by bringing it to his or her notice if he or she refuses to accept it; or

• (b) by leaving it for the person to be served at that person's place of residence with any person who is normally resident with the person to be served at that place and who appears to be over the age of 18 years.

(2) Every such document may be served—

• (a) by a social worker; or

• (b) by a constable; or

• (c) by a solicitor for a party or a solicitor acting as agent for that solicitor, or by some person employed by either solicitor to serve the documents; or

• (d) by an officer of the court.

(3) Except where service is effected by a social worker or a constable, personal service shall in no case be effected by a party to the proceedings, but such a party may be present when service is effected.

(4) For the purposes of subclause (3), where a social worker or the chief executive is a party to the proceedings, personal service by an employee of the responsible department shall not be deemed to be effected by that party.

Where a solicitor represents that he or she is authorised to accept service of any document on behalf of any party it shall be sufficient to deliver the document to that solicitor, if that solicitor signs a memorandum stating that he or she accepts service on behalf of that party.

When the chief executive is a party to any proceedings, any document that is required to be served on the chief executive shall be served—

• (a) by delivering the document to the principal manager of the department for the area in which the child or young person who is the subject of the proceedings resides; or

• (b) by leaving the document with any person who indicates that he or she is authorised to accept service on behalf of the chief executive.

(1) Where the person to be served is a party to the proceedings in his or her capacity as a social worker, it shall be sufficient service to deliver the document to be served to any social worker.

(2) Where the person to be served is a party to the proceedings in his or her capacity as a constable, it shall be sufficient service to deliver the document to be served to any constable.

(1) Where the Act or these rules requires an application to be served on any person specified by the court, or on such person as the court directs, the applicant may, and shall on the direction of a Registrar, make an ex parte application to the court for a direction that any person who is not a party be served.

(2) [Revoked]

(3) The application shall state the reasons why the person specified in the application should be served.

(4) If the court is satisfied that the person specified in the application should be served, it shall direct accordingly.

(5) The provisions of this rule, so far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall apply in respect of every application notice of which is required by the Act or these rules to be given to any person specified by the court or to such person as the court directs.

(1) Where for any sufficient reason service of any document cannot be effected in the manner prescribed by rule 36(4) or rule 37, the court may, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, make an order—

• (a) giving leave for steps to be taken to bring the document to the knowledge of the person to be served by advertisement or in some other manner; or

• (b) [Revoked]

(2) Where an order under subclause (1)(a) has been carried out, the steps taken may be called substituted service, and such service shall have the same effect as personal service.

(3) Where leave is given under this rule to bring the document to the knowledge of the person to be served by advertisement, the advertisement shall be in form CYPF 11.

(4) In that case, the names of the newspapers in which the advertisement is published and the respective dates of publication shall be shown in the affidavit filed in proof of the due publication of the advertisement and extracts showing those advertisements and taken from those newspapers shall be attached to the affidavit as exhibits.

(1) No originating application shall be heard unless, in respect of each party upon whom service of the application is not altogether dispensed with, either—

• (a) the court is satisfied that the party has taken some steps in the proceedings; or

• (b) an affidavit in form CYPF 12 has been filed showing that the party has been personally served with the application and the notice required to be served with it, or an affidavit has been filed showing that the party has been otherwise duly served in accordance with the directions of the court or a Judge.

(2) Where the person served is personally known to the person who makes the affidavit of service, the circumstances that enable the deponent to state his or her personal knowledge of the person served shall be set out.

(3) Where the person served is not personally known to the person who makes the affidavit, the circumstances that enable the deponent to identify the person served, including a mere acknowledgment by the person served, shall be set out.

(4) Where an order is made for substituted service by advertisement, the affidavit as to advertising shall be in form CYPF 13.

(1) Where any document is served by an officer of a court or by any social worker or constable, the service may be proved—

• (a) by showing the fact and the date and mode of service—

  • (i) in an endorsement on the original document or a copy of it; or

  • (ii) in a certificate attached to the original document or a copy of it; or

• (b) in any other mode prescribed by these rules or by the District Courts Rules.

(2) An endorsement or certificate under subclause (1)(a) shall be signed—

• (a) by the person who served the document; or

• (b) if the service was effected by registered letter, by an officer of the court who knows of the service.

(1) The Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after the making of any order (including any interim or ancillary order) under the Act, take all reasonable steps to serve a copy of the order upon the parties.

(2) Subject to subclause (3), every such order shall be served by personally delivering it to the person to be served or by bringing it to his or her notice if that person refuses to accept it.

(3) Where for any sufficient reason service of an order on a party cannot be effected in the manner prescribed in subclause (2), service shall be effected—

• (a) by service of a copy of the order on the solicitor, if any, who represents the party; or

• (b) in accordance with the provisions of rule 85 of the District Courts Rules relating to service by registered letter.

The Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after the making of any order (including any interim or ancillary order) under the Act, deliver or post a copy of the order to the principal manager for the district in which the court that made the order is situated.

The Registrar may, on the request in writing of the applicant at any time before the service of the application, amend the application.

The court may, either upon or without the application of any party and at any stage of the proceedings,—

• (a) amend any defect or error in the proceedings, whether the defect or error is that of the party applying to amend or not; or

• (b) amend the name, address, or occupation of any of the parties as set out in any document in the proceedings,—

and all such amendments as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the real issue to be decided by the court may be made, and the proceedings shall continue in all respects as if they had been commenced in the form in which they appear after the amendment has been made.

(1) With the leave of the court, an applicant may file and serve an amended application at any time before the hearing.

(2) When an application is amended, the court may, at the hearing, on good cause being shown, adjourn the hearing for such time and on such terms as may be just.

Clerical mistakes in judgments or orders, or errors arising in judgments or orders from any accidental slip or omission, may at any time be corrected by the court or a Judge or a Registrar.

(1) Where by the Act or these rules any application in the course of any proceedings is expressly or by implication authorised to be made to the court or to the Judge or to the Registrar, the following provisions shall apply subject to the provisions of the particular sections of the Act or rule applicable to the case:

• (a) the application may be made either in court or in chambers:

• (b) the application shall be filed in the District Court Office and served on each of the parties (other than the applicant) not later than 3 clear days before the time appointed for the hearing of the application, unless the application may be made ex parte or the Judge or Registrar dispenses with notice or gives leave for shorter notice:

• (c) no affidavit shall be necessary in the first instance, but the Judge or Registrar may direct evidence to be adduced in such manner as the Judge or Registrar thinks fit:

• (d) upon the hearing of the application, the Judge or Registrar may make such order as the Judge or Registrar thinks fit:

• (e) if the Registrar has power to hear and determine the application, the applicant shall, unless the Judge otherwise orders, make the application to the Registrar in the first instance:

• (f) where the application is made to the Registrar, the Registrar may, if in doubt as to the proper order to be made, refer the application to the Judge forthwith or at the next convenient opportunity, and the Judge may hear the application and make such orders as the Judge thinks fit:

• (g) the costs of interlocutory applications shall be in the discretion of the court, and if allowed shall be costs in the proceedings unless the Judge or Registrar otherwise orders:

• (h) where the Registrar has made an order to which this rule applies, any party who is dissatisfied with the order may apply to the Judge on notice to vary or rescind the order, and on hearing the application the Judge may vary or rescind the order and may make such order as the Judge thinks fit:

• (i) the application need not be heard by the Judge before whom other applications in the same proceedings are pending:

• (j) if the Registrar is satisfied that, by reason of the absence of the Judge, any application can be more expeditiously heard and determined in some other court, the Registrar may, of his or her own motion or on the request of any party, order that the application be transferred for hearing to that court, and the provisions of rule 37(2) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1981 (as applied by rule 33) shall apply to the transfer.

(2) The jurisdiction of the court to hear any application in the course of proceedings may be exercised by the Registrar, unless there is provision to the contrary in the Act or these rules.

(1) An order may be made on an ex parte application to which rule 53 applies if the court is satisfied—

• (a) that the delay that would be caused by proceeding on notice would or might entail serious injury or undue hardship; or

• (b) that the delay that would be caused by proceeding on notice would or might entail risk to the personal safety of the child or young person who is the subject of the proceedings or any person with whom that child or young person is residing; or

• (c) that the application affects only the party moving, or is in respect of a matter of routine, or is of so unimportant a nature that the interest of any other party cannot be affected by it.

(2) [Revoked]

(3) Any person against whom an order has been made ex parte under subclause (1) may at any time apply to rescind or vary the order.

(4) [Revoked]

(5) [Revoked]

(6) Nothing in this rule prevents the making of an order on an ex parte application in any case where any provision of the Act authorises such an application.

(1) Subject to these rules, any of the times fixed by these rules for—

• (a) taking any steps in any proceedings; or

• (b) filing any document; or

• (c) giving or serving any notice—

may be enlarged or abridged by consent of all the parties or by the court on the application of any party.

(2) An order enlarging time may be made although the application for the order is not made until after the expiration of time allowed or appointed.

(3) An order enlarging or abridging time may be varied by the court on the application of any party.

(4) No order enlarging time may be made where it appears that the application for the order was made with the principal object of delaying the proceedings to the detriment of any other party.

(1) Subject to subclause (3), the court may, at any time before the hearing of any proceedings, order any party to file and serve on the other parties, on the barrister or solicitor representing the child or young person who is the subject of the proceedings, and on any lay advocate appointed to appear in support of that child or young person in those proceedings, a statement outlining, in reasonable detail, all or part of the evidence proposed to be tendered at the hearing by the party against whom the order is issued.

(2) The court may make an order under subclause (1) on such conditions as it thinks fit.

(3) [Revoked]

(4) If any party fails to comply with an order made under subclause (1), the following provisions shall apply:

• (a) if the party failing to comply with the order is the applicant, the court may order the proceedings to be dismissed or stayed until the order is complied with:

• (b) if the party failing to comply with the order is not the applicant, the court may order that the party be allowed to appear at the hearing only on such terms as the court thinks fit.

(5) [Revoked]

(1) The court may at any stage of the proceedings—

• (a) make an order determining any question of admissibility of any evidence proposed to be tendered at the hearing by any party:

• (b) where it is proposed that the evidence of any person should be admitted at the hearing in the form of a videotape, make an order authorising the tendering of the evidence by such means, and give such directions as it thinks fit relating to the procedure by which the videotaping of that evidence is to be carried out.

(2) Any order or direction made pursuant to subclause (1) may be varied or revoked by the court.

(1) The court may at any stage of the proceedings order the production by any party of any documents in that party's possession, custody, or power relating to any question in the proceedings, and the court may deal with the documents when produced in such manner as may be just.

(2) If any party fails to comply with an order made under subclause (1), the following provisions shall apply:

• (a) if the party failing to comply with the order is the applicant, the court may order the proceedings to be dismissed or stayed until the order is complied with:

• (b) if the party failing to comply with the order is not the applicant, the court may order that the party be allowed to appear at the hearing only on such terms as the court thinks fit.

The fact that any examination is pending under rule 378 of the District Courts Rules, as applied to proceedings to which these rules apply, shall not suspend or prevent the exercise by any Judge or Registrar of any power or jurisdiction that the Judge or Registrar would otherwise possess in respect of the application.

Where in any proceedings under the Act, the evidence of any person is to be taken outside New Zealand, that evidence may be taken in accordance with the rules of the High Court of New Zealand for the time being governing the examination of witnesses out of New Zealand.

The court may, for the purpose of doing justice between the parties and any other persons likely to be affected by the proceedings, from time to time adjourn the hearing of any proceedings from court to chambers and from chambers to court.

(1) Where the Registrar is authorised under these rules to hear and determine any proceedings or to exercise any other jurisdiction, the Registrar shall, within the limits of that authority and subject to any right of review by a Judge under these rules, have all the powers of a Judge; and any order by the Registrar shall have the same effect, and be enforceable in the same manner, as if it were an order of a Judge.

(2) Nothing in this rule shall authorise the Registrar to commit any person to a prison or to enforce any order by committal.

(3) Any order made by a Judge may be signed by the Registrar in his or her own name and description.

(1) Where any person (being a social worker or a constable acting in that capacity) is a party to any proceedings, those proceedings shall not abate merely because that person—

• (a) dies; or

• (b) ceases to hold office as a social worker or, as the case requires, a constable; or

• (c) is for any other reason unavailable to participate in those proceedings as a party.

(2) When subclause (1) applies in respect of any proceedings, any social worker or, as the case requires, any constable may, without further authority than this rule, participate in those proceedings in the place of that other person, and those proceedings shall continue in all respects as if that social worker or constable were a party to the proceedings in the place of that other person.

(1) Every application under section 371, section 372(1), section 377, section 379 (other than an application to the High Court), or section 380 of the Act shall be in form CYPF 22.

(2) Every application under section 371 of the Act shall be accompanied by a duly completed information sheet in form CYPF 5.

(3) Notice of an application under section 371 or section 377 or section 380 of the Act—

• (a) shall be in form CYPF 23; and

• (b) shall be accompanied by a copy of the application, which copy shall have endorsed on it the time and place of hearing.

(1) Where written notice of an application under section 371 or section 377 of the Act is required to be given to any person, such notice shall be given—

• (a) by personally delivering it to that person, or by bringing it to his or her notice if he or she refuses to accept it, at least 24 hours before the time of hearing; or

• (b) by posting it in a letter addressed to that person at that person's last known or usual place of residence, at least 48 hours before the time of hearing.

(2) Where any such notice is given to any person in accordance with subclause (1)(b), the applicant shall also, where practicable, cause that person to be notified, by telephone, of the time and place of the hearing.

Where notice of an application under section 380 of the Act is required to be given to any person, that notice shall be given,—

• (a) in the case of the Director of the residence in which the child or young person to whom the application relates is detained in secure care, by personally delivering it to that Director, or to any person who indicates that he or she is authorised to accept the notice on behalf of the Director, at least 24 hours before the time of hearing:

• (b) in the case of any other person, by personally delivering it to that person, or by bringing it to his or her attention if he or she refuses to accept it, at least 24 hours before the time of hearing.

(1) Where notice is given of any application under section 371 or section 377 of the Act, that notice may be proved by showing the fact and the date and mode of the giving of the notice in a certificate attached to the application or a copy of it.

(2) Every such certificate shall be signed by the Director of the residence in which the child or young person to whom the application relates is detained in secure care or by a social worker acting on the Director's behalf.

(3) It shall not be necessary to prove that notice of an application under section 380 of the Act has been given to the Director of the residence in which the child or young person to whom the application relates is detained in secure care if that Director or any social worker employed in that residence appears, either personally or by a barrister or solicitor, at the hearing of the application.

(4) Where it is necessary to prove the giving of notice of an application under section 380 of the Act, it shall be proved by affidavit.

Where any person is given notice of an application under section 371 or section 377 or section 380 of the Act, and that notice is not given within the time prescribed by these rules, the court may—

• (a) hear the application, if it is satisfied that that person is not prejudiced by that failure; or

• (b) adjourn the hearing for such time and on such terms as it thinks fit.

Any notice that is to be given under section 378 of the Act to any person shall be given by posting the notice—

• (a) where it is to be given to the chief executive, in a letter addressed to the principal manager for the district in which the court is situated:

• (b) where it is to be given to the Director of a residence, in a letter addressed to that Director at that residence:

• (c) where it is to be given to any other person, in a letter addressed to that person at that person's last known or usual place of residence.

(1) Where by Part 7 of the Act any application in the course of any proceedings (not being an application under section 371(1) or section 372 or section 377 or section 379 or section 380 or section 383 of the Act) is expressly or by implication authorised to be made to the court, the following provisions shall apply:

• (a) the application may be made ex parte:

• (b) the applicant shall, unless the Judge orders otherwise, make the application to the Registrar in the first instance, who shall have power to hear and determine the application:

• (c) upon hearing the application, the Judge or Registrar may make such order as the Judge or Registrar thinks fit.

(2) Any party who is dissatisfied with any order made by a Registrar under this rule may apply to the Judge on notice to vary or rescind the order, and on hearing the application the Judge may vary or rescind the order and may make such order as the Judge thinks fit.

(3) An application on notice under subclause (2) shall be served on each party affected at least 24 hours before the time of hearing.