Public Guardian Act 2014

Subsection (2) applies if, before the commencement—

either of the following applies—

a child residing at a visitable site asked a staff member of the site under repealed section 90(1)(b) to arrange for a community visitor to visit the site to perform the functions of a community visitor under the former Act;

a child residing at a visitable site informed a staff member of the site under repealed section 90(1)(c) that the child wished to communicate with a stated community visitor; and

the staff member had not informed the commissioner of the request before the commencement.

The staff member must inform the public guardian of the request as soon as practicable.

Subsection (4) applies if—

a child residing at a visitable site asked the commissioner under repealed section 90(1)(a) to arrange for a community visitor to visit the site to perform the functions of a community visitor under the former Act and the visit had not taken place at the commencement; or

a staff member at a visitable site advises the public guardian of a request under subsection (2).

The public guardian must arrange for a community visitor (child) to visit the child at the visitable site as soon as practicable to perform the visitor’s functions under section 56.