If you break a rule in the Children's Act 2014, someone might take you to court. The person who takes you to court is called the chief executive of a key agency. They can file a charging document, which is like a formal complaint, against you for breaking a rule. The chief executive of an agency can file this document, but they cannot do it if the case is about their own organisation. You will have to go to court if a charging document is filed against you, and a judge will decide what happens next.
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A charging document for an offence against any provision of this Part may be filed by the chief executive of any key agency other than the Ministry of Justice.
However, a chief executive may not file a charging document in respect of a specified organisation that is the key agency of which he or she is the chief executive.
