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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Definition of child or young person in need of care or protection

14A: Conduct outside New Zealand

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"What happens to a child outside New Zealand can still affect their care and protection."

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When you are looking at if a child or young person needs care or protection, it does not matter if something that might put them at risk happened partly or wholly outside New Zealand. You consider the conduct that is a ground referred to in section 14(1) no matter where it occurred. This means that what happens outside New Zealand can still be important when deciding if a child or young person needs care or protection.

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Definition of child or young person in need of care or protection

14AConduct outside New Zealand

  1. For the purposes of this Act, it does not matter whether the conduct constituting a ground referred to in section 14(1) occurred partly or wholly outside New Zealand.

Notes
  • Section 14A: inserted, on , by section 2 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).