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Children’s Act 2014

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Schedule 2: Specified offences

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"Bad things people can do to hurt kids or break the law"

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The Children's Act 2014 has a list of specified offences. You can find these offences in the Crimes Act 1961, the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993, and the Customs and Excise Act 2018. These offences include things like hurting or neglecting children, sexual offences, and offences related to objectionable publications. If someone tries to commit one of these offences, or helps someone who has committed one, that is also a specified offence.

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Schedule 1: Regulated services, or

"Services that help kids, like healthcare, education, and welfare, that the government checks to ensure they are safe and good."

2Specified offences Empowered by s 23

  • An offence against any of the following sections of the Crimes Act 1961 is a specified offence for the purpose of Part 3:
    1. section 98 (dealing in slaves):
      1. section 98AA (dealing in people under 18 for sexual exploitation):
        1. section 124A (indecent communication with young person under 16):
          1. section 128B (sexual violation):
            1. section 129 (attempted sexual violation and assault with intent to commit sexual violation):
              1. section 129A (sexual conduct with consent induced by certain threats):
                1. section 130 (incest):
                  1. section 131 (sexual conduct with dependent family member):
                    1. section 131B (meeting young person following sexual grooming, etc):
                      1. section 132 (sexual conduct with child under 12):
                        1. section 133 (indecency with girl under 12):
                          1. section 134 (sexual conduct with young person under 16):
                            1. section 135 (indecent assault):
                              1. section 138 (sexual exploitation of person with significant impairment):
                                1. section 139 (indecent act between woman and girl):
                                  1. section 140 (indecency with boy under 12):
                                    1. section 140A (indecency with boy between 12 and 16):
                                      1. section 141 (indecent assault on man or boy):
                                        1. section 142A (compelling indecent act with animal):
                                          1. section 143 (bestiality):
                                            1. section 144A (sexual conduct with children and young people outside New Zealand):
                                              1. section 144C (organising or promoting child sex tours):
                                                1. section 154 (abandoning child under 6):
                                                  1. section 172 (punishment of murder):
                                                    1. section 173 (attempt to murder):
                                                      1. section 177 (punishment of manslaughter):
                                                        1. section 178 (infanticide):
                                                          1. section 182 (killing of unborn child):
                                                            1. section 188 (wounding with intent):
                                                              1. section 189(1) (injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm):
                                                                1. section 191 (aggravated wounding or injury):
                                                                  1. section 194(a) (assault on child):
                                                                    1. section 195 (ill-treatment or neglect of child or vulnerable adult):
                                                                      1. section 195A (failure to protect child or vulnerable adult):
                                                                        1. section 198 (discharging firearm or doing dangerous act with intent):
                                                                          1. section 204A (female genital mutilation):
                                                                            1. section 204B (further offences relating to female genital mutilation):
                                                                              1. section 208 (abduction for purposes of marriage or sexual connection):
                                                                                1. section 209 (kidnapping):
                                                                                  1. section 210 (abduction of young person under 16).
                                                                                    2. Notes
                                                                                    • Schedule 2 clause 1(2A): inserted, on , by section 4 of the Vulnerable Children (Children’s Worker Safety Checking—Indecency Offence) Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 46).
                                                                                    • Schedule 2 clause 1(31): replaced, on , by section 110 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 104).

                                                                                  2. An offence that is equivalent to an offence against any section of the Crimes Act 1961 referred to in clause 1, but that was committed against a provision of the Crimes Act 1961 that has been repealed, is a specified offence.

                                                                                    1. An attempt to commit any offence referred to in clause 1 or 2, where the offence is not itself specified as an attempt and the provision does not itself provide that the offence may be completed on an attempt, is a specified offence.

                                                                                      1. A conspiracy to commit any offence referred to in clause 1 or 2 is a specified offence.

                                                                                        1. An accessory after the fact to any offence referred to in clause 1 or 2 is a specified offence.
                                                                                            1. Notes
                                                                                            • Schedule 2 clause 4A: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Vulnerable Children Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 32).

                                                                                          1. An offence against any of the following sections of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 is a specified offence for the purpose of Part 3:
                                                                                            1. section 124 (offences relating to objectionable publications, involving knowledge):
                                                                                              1. section 127(4) (exhibition to persons under 18):
                                                                                                1. section 131A (offences relating to possession of objectionable publications, involving knowledge).

                                                                                                2. An offence against section 390 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 is a specified offence for the purpose of Part 3.
                                                                                                    1. Notes
                                                                                                    • Schedule 2 clause 6: amended, on , by section 443(3) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (2018 No 4).