15Application for court order

#### 15 Application for court order 15 Application for court order > > (1) An applicant may apply to the Supreme Court for an order authorising a specified person or class of persons to do the following— > > > > > (a) make a new entry in the following registers in relation to a participant— > > > > > > > (i) the register of births, > > > > > > > (ii) the register of deaths, > > > > > > > (iii) the register of marriages, > > > > > (b) in relation to an identity record of a participant held by an agency to which the order relates— > > > > > > > (i) remove the identity record, or > > > > > > > (ii) create a new identity record in the participant’s new identity, > > > > > (c) issue a document of a kind previously issued to the participant in the participant’s new identity. > > > (1A) An application under subsection (1)(b)(i) must specify the type of identity record to be removed. > > > (2) The applicant must provide such evidence as the Supreme Court may require to satisfy itself as to the matters specified in section 17. > > > (3) In this section— > > > > applicant means— > > > > > (a) the Commissioner of Police, or > > > > > (b) the designated authority for a complementary witness protection law. > > **s 15:** Am 2002 No 54, Sch 1 \[18\]–\[21\]; 2024 No 89, Sch 1\[21\] \[22\].