(1) This section applies if, in a civil proceeding—
(a) the court sanctions
a settlement between another person and an adult or orders an amount to be
paid by another person to an adult; and
(b) the court considers the adult is
a person with impaired capacity for a matter.
(2) The court may exercise all
the powers of the tribunal under chapter 3 .
(3) Chapter 3 applies to the
court in its exercise of these powers as if the court were the tribunal.
(4)
As soon as practicable after a court makes an order under this section, the
registrar of the court must give a copy of the order to the tribunal.
(5)
Also, after the order is made, the registrar must, if requested by the
tribunal, give the tribunal a copy of the part of the record of proceedings
that is relevant to making the order.
(6) A fee is not payable to the court
for a copy of part of the record of proceedings under subsection (5) .
(7) In
this section—
"court" means the Supreme Court or the District Court.
"settlement" includes compromise or acceptance of an amount paid into court.
