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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Prosecution of children and young persons

269A: Chief executive to ascertain whether victims wish to be informed of progress in implementing decisions, recommendations, and plans

You could also call this:

"Telling victims how a child is doing after a family group conference"

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When a family group conference is held for a child or young person, they may have to take certain actions or complete steps. You might be wondering what happens next. The chief executive must find out if the victim of the offence wants to know how the child or young person is progressing with these actions or steps.

The chief executive has to take reasonable steps to ask the victim if they want to be kept informed about the child's or young person's progress. If the victim does want to be informed, the chief executive must make sure they are notified from time to time about how things are going.

Sometimes, the chief executive might ask someone else to do this job, but only if the family group conference chose that person and they agreed to do it, as outlined in the process that started with agreement under section 263.

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Part 4Youth justice
Prosecution of children and young persons

269AChief executive to ascertain whether victims wish to be informed of progress in implementing decisions, recommendations, and plans

  1. This section applies to any action or steps to be taken or completed by the child or young person in respect of whom a family group conference was convened—

  2. under any decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by the family group conference and to which agreement is obtained under section 263; and
    1. by way of penalty or reparation for an offence.

      1. The chief executive must take reasonable steps—

      2. to ascertain whether the victim of the offence wishes to be notified of the child’s or young person’s progress in taking that action or completing those steps; and
        1. if so, to ensure that the victim of the offence is notified from time to time of that progress.

          1. The chief executive’s duty under subsection (2) must be performed by another person if that other person—

          2. was nominated for the purpose by the family group conference; and
            1. has agreed to perform that duty.

              Notes
              • Section 269A: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 2).