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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Trans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings - Purpose of Part

207A: Purpose of Part

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"Helping kids who need care or protection, no matter where they live in New Zealand or Australia."

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The purpose of this part of the law is to help children or young people who need care or protection. You might be one of these children or young people, and you might move to or from New Zealand. This law helps make sure you can still get the care or protection you need, even if you move. This law also helps speed up decisions about your care or protection, so you do not have to wait a long time. It does this by letting New Zealand and Australia share information about protection orders and proceedings, so you can get the help you need quickly.

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Part 3ATrans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings
Purpose of Part

207APurpose of Part

  1. The purpose of this Part is to provide for the transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings from New Zealand to a State or Territory of Australia, and from a State or Territory of Australia to New Zealand, so that—

  2. children or young persons who are the subject of protection orders can continue to receive care or protection even though they move to or from New Zealand; and
    1. protection proceedings can be determined speedily even though the children or young persons who are the subject of the proceedings move to or from New Zealand.

      Notes
      • Section 207A: inserted, on , by section 3 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).