446BOffences available if child or young person is subject of certain protection orders or proceedings under Part 3A

1. If this section applies to a child or young person,—

2. a person may be prosecuted for an offence against section 446 in relation to that child or young person; and
3. it does not matter whether the conduct that constitutes the offence occurs wholly within or wholly outside New Zealand or partly within or partly outside New Zealand.

4. A person is not liable to be prosecuted under section 446 in respect of conduct—

5. that constitutes an offence not only under section 446 but also under a law of a participating State (as defined in section 207B); and
6. for which the person was prosecuted in the participating State and convicted or found guilty or acquitted.

7. The Attorney-General must be consulted before a prosecution is commenced for an offence against section 446 that is alleged to have occurred partly or wholly outside New Zealand.