13Additional principles applying to exercise of powers over children or young persons

1. Every person and every court that exercises, or proposes to exercise, a power conferred by or under this Act in respect of a patient who is a child or young person must be guided by any of the following additional principles that are relevant to the exercise or proposed exercise of the power:

2. wherever possible, the family, whānau, hapū, iwi, and family group of the child or young person should participate in the making of decisions affecting the child or young person and, accordingly, regard should be had to the views of the family, whānau, hapū, iwi, and family group:
3. wherever possible, the ties of the child or young person with his or her family, whānau, hapū, iwi, and family group should be maintained and strengthened:
4. a decision affecting the child or young person may be taken only after consideration of the likely impact of the decision—
   1. on the welfare of the child or young person; and
   2. on the stability of the family, whānau, and family group of the child or young person:
5. consideration should be given to the wishes of the child or young person, to the extent that those wishes can reasonably be ascertained, and those wishes should be given the weight that is appropriate in the circumstances, having regard to the age, maturity, and culture of the child or young person:
6. decisions affecting the child or young person should, whenever practicable, be made and implemented within a time frame that is appropriate to the sense of time of the child or young person.