Section 207L — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Service of application

207L Service of application (1) As soon as possible after the chief executive files in a Court an application under section 207K , the Registrar of the Court must serve copies of the application in accordance with section 154 as if the application were an application by the chief executive under section 125 for the variation or discharge of the protection order to be transferred. (2) Section 155 (Court may dispense with service) applies, with any necessary modification, to the service of copies of the application. (3) A person served with proceedings under subsection (1) is entitled to appear and be heard as a party to the proceedings. Part 3A, comprising sections 207A to 207ZO, was inserted, as from 1 November 1999, by section 3 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).