Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Access and exercise of other rights
122Enforcement of access rights
The court may at any time, on the application of any person entitled to access to a child or young person under an order made under section 121, issue a warrant authorising the chief executive or any constable or any other person named in the warrant to take possession of the child or young person and deliver that child or young person to the person entitled to access in accordance with the order.
The function of executing a warrant issued in the name of the chief executive may be performed by a social worker or any other person authorised under a delegation to carry out that function (see section 7C).
The power conferred on the court by subsection (1) may, if the court thinks fit, be exercised on the making of the order.
Where, pursuant to this section, the court declines to enforce a right of access under an order made under section 121, it may of its own motion vary or discharge the order accordingly.
Compare
- 1968 No 63 s 19(2), (3), (8)
- 1979 No 52 s 3(1)
- 1980 No 95 s 9(c)
Notes
- Section 122(1): amended, on , by section 137 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31).
- Section 122(1): amended, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
- Section 122(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
- Section 122(1A): inserted, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).