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Children’s Commissioner Act 2022

Inquiries and other matters - Miscellaneous

37: Regulations

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"Rules made by the Governor-General to help the Children's Commissioner law work"

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The Governor-General can make regulations for several purposes. You can think of regulations like rules that help make the law work. The Governor-General can make rules about which agencies can endorse someone who wants to be the Commissioner. They can also make rules about what the Commissioner's code of ethics should include. The Commissioner's code of ethics is like a set of guidelines that helps them make good decisions. The Governor-General can make rules about how often the Commissioner should review their code of ethics, and who they should talk to when they are making or changing the code. They can also make rules about anything else that this Act says should be covered by regulations. Regulations made under this section are a type of law called secondary legislation, which has its own set of rules for publication, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 3Inquiries and other matters
Miscellaneous

37Regulations

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

    Relevant agencies

  2. specifying, for the purposes of section 14(2), the relevant agencies that may endorse a candidate applying to be the Commissioner:

      1. Code of ethics

    1. prescribing the information that must be contained in the Commissioner’s code of ethics:
      1. prescribing, for the purposes of section 26(3)(b), the intervals at which the Commissioner must review their code of ethics:
        1. prescribing any 1 or more persons that must be consulted when the Commissioner is developing their code of ethics or any amendments to the code of ethics:

            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 37(1)(a): amended, on , by section 24 of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).
              • Section 37(1)(b): amended, on , by section 24 of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).
              • Section 37(1)(c): amended, on , by section 24 of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).
              • Section 37(1)(d): amended, on , by section 24 of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 34).