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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Provisions relating to procedure in Youth Court - Youth advocates

325: Payment of youth advocate

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"Getting paid for being a youth advocate"

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When you are a youth advocate, you get paid for your work. Your fees and expenses are decided by regulations or by the Registrar of the court if there are no regulations. You get paid from a Crown Bank Account with money that Parliament has set aside for this purpose.

If you send a bill for your costs to the Registrar, they can check it to make sure it is correct. You can ask a Youth Court Judge to review the decision if you do not agree with the amount the Registrar decides.

The court can also order someone involved in the case to pay back some of the money that was paid for your fees and expenses. This amount is a debt that must be paid back to the Crown and can be recovered in court.

You can find more information about this by looking at the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 and the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Act 2022.

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Part 5Provisions relating to procedure in Youth Court
Youth advocates

325Payment of youth advocate

  1. The fees and expenses of a youth advocate must—

  2. be determined in accordance with regulations made under this Act or, if no such regulations are made, by the Registrar of the court; and
    1. be paid out of a Crown Bank Account from money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

      1. The bill of costs rendered by a youth advocate shall be given to the Registrar of the court that appointed that youth advocate, and the Registrar may tax the bill of costs.

      2. A youth advocate who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Registrar as to the amount of the bill may, within 14 days after the date of the decision, apply to a Youth Court Judge to review the decision; and the Judge may make such order varying or confirming the decision as the Judge considers fair and reasonable.

      3. Notwithstanding subsection (1), the court may, if it thinks proper, order any party to the proceedings to refund to the Crown such amount as the court specifies in respect of any fees and expenses paid under that subsection, and the amount ordered to be refunded shall be a debt due to the Crown by that party and shall be recoverable accordingly in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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      • Section 325(1): replaced, on , by section 41 of the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 81).