Children’s Act 2014

Children's worker safety checking - Consequential amendments to other enactments

42: Amendments to Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002

You could also call this:

"Changing the law to better protect vulnerable children"

The law is changing the Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002. You can find this law on the New Zealand legislation website. This change adds a new offence to the law, which is about protecting vulnerable children. The new offence is from Part 3 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014.

The law is also changing another part of the Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002, which is section 7(a). You will now see the Resource Management Act 1991 and Part 3 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 mentioned together in this section. This means that both of these laws are important when it comes to criminal liability.

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41: Prosecution of offences, or

"What happens if you break a rule and get taken to court"

43: Amendment to Sentencing Act 2002, or

"Changes to the Sentencing Act 2002 to help laws work together better"

Part 3Children's worker safety checking
Consequential amendments to other enactments

42Amendments to Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002

This section amends the Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002.
After section 6(1)(d), insert:
an offence against Part 3 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014.
In section 7(a), replace or the Resource Management Act 1991 with the Resource Management Act 1991, or Part 3 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014.

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