17Health New Zealand to adopt, report on, and require child protection policies

1. The board of Health New Zealand must—

2. adopt, as soon as is practicable, a child protection policy; and
3. ensure that a copy of the policy is available on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the board; and
4. ensure that every contract, or funding arrangement, that after that commencement the board enters into with an independent person requires the person as soon as is practicable to adopt (and to review in accordance with paragraph (d)) a child protection policy if, in the opinion of the board,—
   1. the person is or becomes a provider of children's services; and
   2. some or all of the contract or arrangement is about providing children's services; and
5. review the policy within 3 years of the date of its first adoption, or of its most recent review, under this section; and
6. report in its annual report (under section 150 of the Crown Entities Act 2004) on whether, or on the extent to which,—
   1. its operations have implemented the policy it is required to adopt under paragraph (a); and
   2. its contracts and funding arrangements have complied with paragraph (c).