3A. Claim under section 3(3) — declaration about record or purported record of abandonment, abuse or neglect of child
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When a claim is referred to the Commissioner under section 3(3) for the maintenance of a parent by any child of the parent, the claim must be accompanied by a declaration, in the form and manner that the Commissioner specifies, from the appropriate person mentioned in subsection (2) stating (to the best of the appropriate person’s knowledge and belief) whether the parent has any record or purported record of abandonment, abuse or neglect of the child.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for the Maintenance of Parents appointed under section 12(1) and includes a Deputy Commissioner and an Assistant Commissioner for the Maintenance of Parents;
For the purpose of subsection (1), the appropriate person is —
for a claim referred (in respect of an application to be made under section 3(1)) by the parent — the parent;
for a claim referred (in respect of an application to be made under section 3(1)) on behalf of the parent —
where the claim is referred by any person mentioned in section 11(1) (other than the Director-General of Social Welfare or a protector) —
in the case where the parent is unable to refer the claim by reason of mental infirmity — the person who refers the claim on behalf of the parent; or
in any other case — the parent; or
where the claim is referred by the Director-General of Social Welfare or a protector — the Director-General of Social Welfare or the protector, as the case may be; or
for a claim referred (in respect of an application to be made under section 3(2)) by an approved person or organisation mentioned in that provision — the approved person or organisation.