18DCourt declining to confirm decision

1. If, under section 18C(4)(b), the court declines to confirm the chief executive’s decision under section 18A(4)(b), the court must give written reasons for its decision, and the application for confirmation—

2. must be treated as an application for a care or protection order made by the chief executive on the ground in section 14(1)(c); and
3. must be served and heard in accordance with Part 3 and the rules of court, except that, although section 70 does not apply, if a family group conference is convened pursuant to section 72(3), the chief executive (or the chief executive’s representative) is entitled to attend the conference as if the chief executive were entitled to do so under section 22(1)(a) to (h).