APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1111

Prescribing Forms and Procedure under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of April,
1926.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-five of the Child Welfare Act, 1925 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to make regulations prescribing forms of complaints, orders, agreements, and other instruments required for the purposes of the said Act, and providing for the registration of certain agreements, and for their enforcement under the Destitute Persons Act, 1910, and generally for giving effect to the provisions of the said Act, and pursuant to the provisions of section twelve of the Acts Interpretation Act, 1924, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set out, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation at the same time as the said Act comes into operation.

REGULATIONS.

1. PRELIMINARY.

(1.) THESE regulations may be cited as the Child Welfare (Forms and Procedure) Regulations, 1926.

(2.) It shall be lawful for any person taking any proceedings, discharging any duty, or entering into any contract under the said Act to modify or depart from any of the forms hereby prescribed if he shall, in his discretion, deem it necessary or advisable so to do, and the validity of any document shall not be affected by reason only of the fact that it is not in the terms of a form hereby prescribed.

2. FORMS OF AGREEMENT.

(1.) An agreement made by the Superintendent with any person pursuant to section 12 of the said Act may be in the form marked C.W. 1 in the Schedule hereto.

(2.) An agreement made by the Superintendent with any person pursuant to section 20 of the said Act may, subject to the approval of the Minister, be in either of the forms marked C.W. 2 and C.W. 3 in the Schedule hereto that may be applicable.

3. GENERAL FORMS.

(1.) The complaint of any constable or Child Welfare Officer made under subsection (1) of section 13 of the said Act may be in the form marked C.W. 4 in the Schedule hereto.

(2.) A summons under subsection (1) of section 13 of the said Act addressed to any person having the custody of a child may be in the form marked C.W. 5 in the Schedule hereto.

(3.) A warrant for the apprehension of any person who has been summoned to appear and has failed to obey such summons may be in the form marked C.W. 6 in the Schedule hereto.

(4.) A warrant under subsection (2) of section 13 of the said Act authorizing any person named therein to receive and hold a child may be in the form marked C.W. 7 in the Schedule hereto.

(5.) An order for the committal of a child under subsection (4) of section 13 of the said Act may be in the form marked C.W. 8 in the Schedule hereto.

(6.) An order placing a child under the supervision of a Child Welfare Officer under subsection (4) of section 13 of the said Act may be in the form marked C.W. 9 in the Schedule hereto.

(7.) A constable making a complaint or application under section 13 of the said Act may advise a Child Welfare Officer of the subject-matter of the complaint or application in the form marked C.W. 10 in the Schedule hereto.

(8.) The authority of the Superintendent given to an Officer of the Child Welfare Branch to cancel any arrangement or agreement and to take possession of a child pursuant to subsection (2) of section 20 of the said Act may be in the form marked C.W. 11 in the Schedule hereto.

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