Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Information provisions and other matters - Other matters - Notification of certain matters

55: Monitor must notify certain matters

You could also call this:

"The Monitor must tell people if kids are not safe or might get hurt."

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The Monitor has to tell certain people if they find out that someone is not following the national care standards rules. You need to know that these rules are made to keep children and young people safe. The Monitor must notify these people if a child or young person is at risk of getting seriously hurt because of something that is happening or might happen to them, as outlined in regulations made under section 57(1)(a).

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54: No power for Monitor to review courts or tribunals, or

"The Monitor can't check what courts or tribunals decide, they have to wait until it's finished."

56: Referrals of matters, or

"When to send a problem to someone else to help sort it out"

Part 3Information provisions and other matters
Other matters: Notification of certain matters

55Monitor must notify certain matters

The Monitor must notify the person (or persons) prescribed by regulations made under section 57(1)(a) if 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.