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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Trans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings - Interpretation

207C: Meaning of protection order

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"A protection order is a decision that says who takes care of a child or young person."

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When you hear the term protection order, it means a final decision made under a child welfare law. This decision makes someone responsible for taking care of a child or young person, which can include their custody, guardianship, supervision, or support. The people who can be responsible are those specified in the law.

The law says the people responsible can be a government department, someone who works for the government, or an organisation that helps with child welfare. It can also be the person in charge of that organisation. A protection order can also be an interim custody order made under section 102, which decides who takes care of a child or young person until a final decision is made. This order makes someone responsible for the child's custody.

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

207CMeaning of protection order

  1. In this Part, protection order—

  2. means a final order under a child welfare law that makes the custody, guardianship, supervision, or support of a child or young person the responsibility (in whole or in part, and however that responsibility is described) of any 1 or more of the persons specified in subsection (2); and
    1. includes an interim custody order made pursuant to section 102 that makes the custody of a child or young person the responsibility (in whole or in part) of any 1 or more of the persons specified in subsection (2).

      1. The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—

      2. a government department or statutory authority:
        1. a person who is the head of a government department or statutory authority or otherwise holds an office or position in, or is employed in, a government department or statutory authority:
          1. an organisation or body approved or authorised by or under the child welfare law to exercise or perform powers, duties, or functions conferred, imposed, or prescribed by or under the child welfare law:
            1. the chief executive (by whatever name called) of an organisation or body referred to in paragraph (c).

              Notes
              • Section 207C: 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).