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Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Information provisions and other matters - Other matters - Miscellaneous

57: Regulations

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"Rules made by the Governor-General to help keep children safe"

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The Governor-General can make rules for several purposes. You need to know that these rules are about the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System. The Governor-General can make rules about who the Monitor must tell when they find out that a child or young person is at risk of harm. The Governor-General can also make rules about the Monitor's code of ethics, such as what information it must contain. They can decide how often the Monitor must review their code of ethics and who they must talk to when making changes to it.

The Governor-General can make rules about the reports the Monitor must write, like what they must include in their three-yearly report about the Oranga Tamariki system. This report must talk about how well the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki is doing their job, as set out in section 7(2)(h) and (i) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, and about Māori children and young people, and disabled children and young people. The Governor-General can also make rules about when the Monitor's reports must be published online. They can make rules about anything else that is necessary to carry out this Act. These rules are called secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 3Information provisions and other matters
Other matters: Miscellaneous

57Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

    Notifications

  2. prescribing, for the purposes of section 55, 1 or more persons whom the Monitor must notify and the subject of the notification where the Monitor becomes aware of any non-compliance with national care standards regulations or any other matter that places a child or young person in care or custody at immediate risk of suffering, or being likely to suffer, serious harm:

      1. Monitor’s code of ethics

    1. prescribing the information that must be contained in the Monitor’s code of ethics:
      1. prescribing, for the purposes of section 21(3)(b), intervals at which the Monitor must review their code of ethics:
        1. prescribing any 1 or more persons who must be consulted when the Monitor is developing their code of ethics or any amendments to the code of ethics:

            1. Monitor’s reports

          1. prescribing the minimum matters to be contained in the 3-yearly State of the Oranga Tamariki system report to be prepared by the Monitor under section 22, as those matters pertain generally, and with a specific focus on,—
            1. the performance of the duties of the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki set out in section 7(2)(h) and (i) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989; and
              1. Māori children and young people and their whānau; and
                1. disabled children and young people:
                2. prescribing the minimum matters to be contained in a report prepared by the Monitor under section 23 (annual report on compliance with national care standards regulations) or section 24 (annual report on outcomes for Māori children and young people and their whānau):
                  1. prescribing the time frame within which reports and responses to reports must be published on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Monitor:

                      1. General

                    1. providing for anything this Act says may or must be provided for by regulations:
                      1. providing for anything incidental that is necessary for carrying out, or giving full effect to, this Act.

                        1. Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                        Notes
                        • Section 57(1)(e)(i): replaced, on , by section 9 of the Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 20).