Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Summary of changes

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7 August 2025

  • Repealed provisions regarding review of the Act and replaced with new requirements
  • Updated terminology to replace 'Children and Young People's Commission' with 'Children's Commissioner'
  • Amended definitions and interpretations, including new definitions for 'board' and 'board member'
  • Changed the status of the Independent Monitor of the Oranga Tamariki System to a Crown entity
  • Amended provisions related to reports, including final reports, responses, and progress reports
  • Updated the independence and duties of the Monitor, including a revised title and content for provision 16
  • Inserted new transitional, savings, and related provisions, including those related to the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025

Affected provisions

  1. 1: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
    Inserted new transitional, savings, and related provisions, including those related to the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025
  2. 3: Overview
    Repealed provisions regarding review of the Act and replaced with new requirements
  3. 6: Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi
    Repealed provisions regarding review of the Act and replaced with new requirements
  4. 7: Common duties
    Updated terminology to replace 'Children and Young People's Commission' with 'Children's Commissioner'
  5. 8: Interpretation
    Updated terminology to replace 'Children and Young People's Commission' with 'Children's Commissioner'; Amended definitions and interpretations, including new definitions for 'board' and 'board member'
  6. 12: Independent Monitor of Oranga Tamariki System established
    Changed the status of the Independent Monitor of the Oranga Tamariki System to a Crown entity; Updated the independence and duties of the Monitor, including a revised title and content for provision 16
  7. 16: Independence of Monitor
    Updated the independence and duties of the Monitor, including a revised title and content for provision 16
  8. 28: Final reports
    Updated terminology to replace 'Children and Young People's Commission' with 'Children's Commissioner'
  9. 30: Responses to final reports
    Amended provisions related to reports, including final reports, responses, and progress reports
  10. 31: Publication of final reports, responses, and progress reports
    Amended provisions related to reports, including final reports, responses, and progress reports
  11. 32: Duty to protect individuals’ privacy in relation to reports
    Amended provisions related to reports, including final reports, responses, and progress reports
  12. 48: Disclosure of information
    Updated terminology to replace 'Children and Young People's Commission' with 'Children's Commissioner'
  13. 56: Referrals of matters
    Updated terminology to replace 'Children and Young People's Commission' with 'Children's Commissioner'
  14. 58: Review of Act
    Repealed provisions regarding review of the Act and replaced with new requirements