66Parents and others to be informed of decisions

1. A person who takes any action, or makes any decision, under this Act that significantly affects any patient who is a child or young person, must ensure that, where practicable, the following persons are informed, as soon as practicable, of that action or decision and of the reasons for it:

2. every person who is a parent or guardian of, and any other person who has the day-to-day care of, the child or young person:
3. the child or young person.

4. It is not necessary to inform a child or young person of any action or decision if—

5. the child or young person is incapable of understanding it; or
6. it is plainly not in the child's or young person's interests to be so informed.

7. The information required by subsection (1) to be given to any person must be given—

8. orally and, where practicable, in writing; and
9. where practicable, in a manner and in language that the person understands.

10. If, at the time the child or young person became subject to compulsory status, the child or young person was in the custody or under the guardianship or in the care of the chief executive or any other person under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, the information described in subsection (1) must also be given, in writing, to the chief executive or to that other person.