Part 3ATrans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings
Transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings to New Zealand
207ZACourt to obtain plan for child or young person
As soon as practicable after a protection order of a kind referred to in section 128(2) is registered in a court under section 207X, the court must obtain a plan in relation to the child or young person concerned, and sections 129 to 133 apply, with any necessary modification, to the obtaining of a plan required by this section, and to a plan required by this section.
A person preparing a plan required by this section must have regard to—
- the terms of the protection order:
- any plan, or other document (by whatever name called) that corresponds to a plan, prepared in relation to the child or young person under the child welfare law of the sending State:
- the matters addressed in any report made to the Children's Court in the sending State in relation to the application for the transfer of the protection order.
On obtaining a plan required by this section, the court must fix a date in accordance with section 134 for the review of the plan, as if it were a plan required to be prepared under section 128, and sections 135 to 138 apply, with any necessary modification, to—
- the review of the plan; and
- the resulting report and revised plan.
Notes
- Section 207ZA: 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).