Final orders—application for review
81 Final orders—application for review
This section applies to an application for review of a final order (the original order).
Section 83 also applies to applications for review of consent orders.
The following people may apply to the Magistrates Court for review of the original order:
the protected person;
if the protected person is not the applicant—the applicant;
with the court’s leave—
the respondent; or
someone else with sufficient interest in the original order.
Example—someone with sufficient interest a protected person’s guardian
If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004, s 8 for an application, the form must be used.
Before hearing an application for leave for subsection (2) (c), the Magistrates Court must—
fix a date and time to hear the application; and
give the people mentioned in subsection (2) written notice of the date and time.
The Magistrates Court may grant leave under subsection (2) (c) only if satisfied there has been a change in the circumstances of a party to the order or it is in the interests of justice to do so.
In this section:
protected person means the protected person in relation to the original order.
respondent means the respondent to the original order.
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