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Children’s Act 2014

Strategy for improving children’s well-being and oranga tamariki action plan - Oranga tamariki action plan

8: Preparation of plan

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"Making a plan to help children and families in New Zealand"

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When a strategy is adopted or changed under section 6, the chief executives of the children's agencies must work together to develop a draft oranga tamariki action plan. They must do this by a date specified by the plan Minister, and they must also submit the plan to the plan Minister for approval. The chief executives are co-ordinated by the chief executive of the department.

The plan Minister must consult the children's Ministers about the draft plan. The plan Minister can then approve the draft plan or refer it back to the chief executives for reconsideration, giving reasons for doing so. If the plan Minister refers the plan back, the chief executives must reconsider it and submit a revised draft plan for approval.

You can find more information about how the plan Minister makes decisions in section 10A(1)(b). The chief executives must submit a revised plan as soon as is reasonably practicable after the plan Minister refers it back to them.

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Part 1Strategy for improving children’s well-being and oranga tamariki action plan
Oranga tamariki action plan

8Preparation of plan

  1. The chief executives of the children’s agencies must, after the strategy is adopted or changed under section 6, work together, under the co-ordination of the chief executive of the department, to do both of the following no later than a date specified (under this subsection and, if applicable, section 10A(1)(b)) by the plan Minister:

  2. develop a draft oranga tamariki action plan; and
    1. submit it to the plan Minister for approval.

      1. The plan Minister must, after consulting the children’s Ministers about the draft plan,—

      2. approve the draft plan; or
        1. refer it to the chief executives of the children’s agencies for reconsideration, together with the Minister’s reasons for referring it back to the chief executives.

          1. The chief executives, on receiving a referral under subsection (2)(b), must reconsider the draft plan and, as soon as is reasonably practicable, submit a revised draft plan to the plan Minister for approval under subsection (1).

          Notes
          • Section 8: replaced, on , by section 8 of the Children's Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 58).