Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Provisions relating to procedure in Youth Court - Reports

333: Medical, psychiatric, and psychological reports

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If you are in court under Part 4 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, the court can ask for a medical, psychiatric, or psychological report. The court can make orders like the Family Court can under sections 178 and 181 of the Act. The court will follow the rules in those sections.

The court can get a psychiatric or psychological report to help decide if you are fit to stand trial, or if you are insane. The court can also use the report to decide what type of order to make, or what conditions to include in the order. You might need to attend a psychiatric examination or psychological assessment as a condition of being granted bail.

The court can make you attend a psychiatric examination or psychological assessment to help make decisions about your case. This is part of the court's job to make sure you get a fair hearing. The court will give you directions on what to do.

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Part 5Provisions relating to procedure in Youth Court
Reports

333Medical, psychiatric, and psychological reports

  1. If, at any stage of any proceedings under Part 4, it appears to the court that a medical, psychiatric, or psychological report should be available to the court, the court may make any order that the Family Court is empowered to make under any of the provisions of sections 178 and 181, and the provisions of those sections and of sections 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, and 185 shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary.

  2. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (1), the court may obtain a psychiatric or psychological report under this section in respect of a young person for the purpose of assisting the court in determining—

  3. whether the young person is unfit to stand trial within the meaning of section 4 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003; or
    1. if the young person is insane within the meaning of section 23 of the Crimes Act 1961; or
      1. the type and duration of any order that it is empowered to make under Part 4; or
        1. the nature of any requirement that it might impose as part of, or as a condition of, any order that it is empowered to make under Part 4.
          1. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (1), the court may make it a condition of any grant of bail that a young person shall attend, in accordance with the court's directions, for the purposes of a psychiatric examination or a psychological assessment under this section.

          Notes
          • Section 333(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
          • Section 333(2): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
          • Section 333(2)(a): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
          • Section 333(3): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).