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Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
sec.148Application for entry and removal warrant
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### sec.148 Application for entry and removal warrant
An application by the public guardian for a warrant to enter a place and to remove an adult must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought.
Section 118 does not apply to the application and the tribunal may issue a warrant without notice of the application having been given to the adult or any other person.
The tribunal may refuse to consider the application until the public guardian gives the tribunal all the information the tribunal requires about the application in the way the tribunal requires.
The tribunal may require additional information supporting the application be given by statutory declaration.
s 148 amd 2009 No. 24 s 1463 ; 2014 No. 26 s 240 (1)
(sec.148-ssec.1) An application by the public guardian for a warrant to enter a place and to remove an adult must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought.
(sec.148-ssec.2) Section 118 does not apply to the application and the tribunal may issue a warrant without notice of the application having been given to the adult or any other person.
(sec.148-ssec.3) The tribunal may refuse to consider the application until the public guardian gives the tribunal all the information the tribunal requires about the application in the way the tribunal requires. The tribunal may require additional information supporting the application be given by statutory declaration.