36. Subject to section 39, an application under section 19 may be made on behalf of a person by—

(a) a person who is authorised by or under an enactment or an order of a court to make such an application, or

(b) where the first-mentioned person is ordinarily resident in a place outside the State, a person who is authorised, under the law of the place, to act on behalf of the first-mentioned person in relation to the making of such an application.