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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Children and young persons in care of chief executive or other persons or bodies - Secure care

367: Secure care

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"When you might be placed in a safe and locked home by Oranga Tamariki"

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The chief executive can place you in secure care if you are a child or young person in a special residence. This is allowed under certain sections of the law, such as sections 368 and 370, and any rules made under section 447. The chief executive can make this decision if you are not someone that section 361(a) applies to and you are living in a residence set up under section 364.

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Part 7Children and young persons in care of chief executive or other persons or bodies
Secure care

367Secure care

  1. Subject to sections 368 and 370 and to any regulations made under section 447, the chief executive may, in relation to any child or young person (not being a child or young person to whom section 361(a) applies) who is placed in a residence established under section 364, place the child or young person in secure care in that residence.

Compare
  • 1974 No 72 s 49AA(a)
  • 1983 No 129 s 13
Notes
  • Section 367: amended, on , by section 13 of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).