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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Miscellaneous provisions - Offences

446A: Children and young persons to whom section 446B applies

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"Kids and teens with ongoing protection orders or court cases that might be moved to another country"

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Section 446B applies to you if you are a child or young person with a protection order that has not stopped being in effect. This order must be as defined in section 207C and one of the following must be true: the chief executive wants to transfer your case to another country, or they have already decided to do so, or they have asked a court to transfer your case, or a court has ordered your case to be transferred.

Section 446B also applies to you if you are a child or young person with protection proceedings that have not been stopped. These proceedings must be as defined in section 207B and one of the following must be true: the chief executive has asked a court to transfer your case to another country, or a court has ordered your case to be transferred.

Section 446B applies to you if you are a child or young person with a protection order or protection proceedings that have been registered in a court under section 207X.

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Part 10Miscellaneous provisions
Offences

446AChildren and young persons to whom section 446B applies

  1. Section 446B applies to a child or young person who is the subject of a protection order (as defined in section 207C) that has not ceased to have effect under this Act in accordance with section 207ZI(1) and—

  2. that the chief executive proposes to transfer under section 207D to a participating State (as defined in section 207B); or
    1. that the chief executive has decided to transfer under section 207D to a participating State; or
      1. that is an order in relation to which the chief executive has filed in a court an application under section 207K; or
        1. that a court has ordered under section 207K be transferred to a participating State.

          1. Section 446B applies to a child or young person who is the subject of protection proceedings (as defined in section 207B) that have not been discontinued under this Act in accordance with section 207W and—

          2. that are proceedings in relation to which the chief executive has filed in a court an application under section 207Q; or
            1. that a court has ordered under section 207Q be transferred to a participating State.

              1. Section 446B applies to a child or young person who is the subject of a protection order registered in a court under section 207X.

              2. Section 446B applies to a child or young person who is the subject of protection proceedings registered in a court under section 207X.

              Notes
              • Section 446A: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).