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112C: Application referred to specified agency
or “When the boss sends a request to find someone's contact details to help enforce a decision”
You could also call this:

“The chief executive tells you what happened with your request for information about the person who owes you money.”

When the chief executive gets contact information about a judgment debtor from a specified agency, they will send it to the Secretary for Justice. They will also let you know that they have sent the information.

If the specified agency can’t find any contact information, the chief executive will tell you. They might also send your application to another agency if they think that agency might have the information. If this happens, the process starts again.

If the specified agency thinks the judgment debtor has died, the chief executive will tell you this.

If the chief executive hasn’t told you anything within 30 days of getting your application, they must write to you and explain why there’s a delay.

If the chief executive sends your application to another agency, the rules in section 112C(2) and (3) will apply again.

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Next up: 112E: Specified information sent to District Court

or “How contact details are sent to the court to help with legal actions”
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Part 3 The Tenancy Tribunal
Contact information for enforcement purposes

112DResponse to applicant

  1. If the chief executive receives contact information from a specified agency in response to an application, the chief executive must—

  2. forward the contact information to the Secretary for Justice; and
    1. advise the applicant that information has been forwarded to the Secretary for Justice.

      1. If the chief executive receives advice that the specified agency has not found contact information about the judgment debtor, the chief executive must—

      2. advise the applicant accordingly; or
        1. if the chief executive believes on reasonable grounds that another specified agency may hold contact information about the judgment debtor, forward the application to that specified agency, in which case section 112C(2) and (3) and this section apply again.

          1. If the chief executive receives advice that the specified agency believes the judgment debtor is dead, the chief executive must advise the applicant accordingly.

          2. If the chief executive does not advise the applicant under any of subsections (1) to (3) within 30 days of receipt of the application, the chief executive must write to the applicant explaining the reason for the delay.

          Notes
          • Section 112D: inserted, on , by section 75 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).