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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Information sharing

66H: Duty of child welfare and protection agency or independent person receiving request under section 66G

You could also call this:

"When someone asks for help, a child welfare agency or independent person must decide if sharing information will be helpful."

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If you are an authorised child welfare and protection agency or an authorised independent person, you must do what someone asks you to do under section 66G if you think the information will help them achieve certain goals. These goals are listed in section 66A(1). You can only do this if you have enough information to make a decision. You can say no to the request if section 66I applies. This means you have to think carefully about whether sharing the information will be helpful.

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66G: Requests for information by authorised child welfare and protection agencies or authorised independent persons from other authorised child welfare and protection agencies or authorised independent persons, or

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66I: When request under section 66G may be declined, or

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Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Information sharing

66HDuty of child welfare and protection agency or independent person receiving request under section 66G

  1. An authorised child welfare and protection agency or an authorised independent person—

  2. must comply with a request under section 66G if, after receiving sufficient information from the requestor to make a decision, the provider reasonably believes that the information will assist the requestor to fulfil any of the purposes set out in section 66A(1); but
    1. may decline the request if section 66I applies.

      Notes
      • Section 66H: inserted, on , by section 41 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31).