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Children’s Act 2014

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

12: Effect of strategy and plan

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"What the strategy and plan mean for the law and decision making"

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The strategy and the oranga tamariki action plan do not create legal rules or rights that you can enforce in court. They also do not affect how people in power, like Ministers or chief executives, make decisions. You can find more information about how these decisions are made in laws like the one mentioned in section 13(1). The strategy and plan do not limit what the Government can do, like introducing new laws or working with people they choose to.

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

12Effect of strategy and plan

  1. The strategy and the oranga tamariki action plan do not—

  2. create legal rules; or
    1. create any legal right enforceable in a court of law; or
      1. affect or limit the way in which a person (for example, a Minister of the Crown or chief executive of a department of State) is required to exercise a statutory power of decision; or
        1. affect the interpretation of any enactment or the operation of a rule of law; or
          1. restrict the ability of the Crown to exercise its powers and perform its functions and duties in accordance with the law and Government policy, for example, the ability to—
            1. introduce legislation and change Government policy; and
              1. interact with or consult a person the Crown considers appropriate; or
              2. restrict the responsibilities of a Minister of the Crown or a department of State.

                1. Subsection (1) overrides section 13(1).

                Notes
                • Section 12: replaced, on , by section 8 of the Children's Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 58).