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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Support orders

95: Conditions of support order or interim support order

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"Rules to keep you safe when you get support from a court"

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If a court makes an order for you to get support, some conditions apply. You must let the support person visit you at any reasonable time. The support person is someone who helps you, like a social worker.

You cannot live with someone the support person says you should not live with. Your parents or guardians must tell the support person where you live at all times. If the court thinks you need care or protection, you cannot hang out with people the support person warns you about.

The support person can be someone the court chooses, or someone from an organisation that helps you. They can also be someone who the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki chooses to help you. The support person's job is to make sure you are safe and get the help you need.

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Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Support orders

95Conditions of support order or interim support order

  1. If a court makes an order under section 91 or 92 directing that support be provided to a child or young person, the following conditions apply:

  2. the support person may, at all reasonable times, visit and enter the building or place in which the child or young person is living:
    1. the child or young person must not reside at an address at which, or with a person with whom, the support person has directed them not to reside:
      1. the parent or guardian or other person having the care of the child or young person and with whom the child or young person is residing must ensure that the support person knows at all times the address at which the child or young person is residing:
        1. in the case of a child or young person who the court is satisfied is in need of care or protection on a ground in section 14(1)(d) or (e), the child or young person must not associate with any specified person or any specified class of persons that the support person has, in writing, warned them not to associate with.

          1. For the purposes of this section and section 97, support person means any of the following people who are to provide or are providing support to a child or young person:

          2. a person who has been delegated the chief executive’s functions or powers under section 93:
            1. a person named in the order:
              1. a person acting on behalf of an organisation named in the order.

                Notes
                • Section 95: replaced, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
                • Section 95(1)(b): amended, on , by section 137 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31).
                • Section 95(1)(d): amended, on , by section 12 of the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 81).
                • Section 95(1)(d): amended, on , by section 137 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31).