Children and parenting
This page contains different parts of laws about Children and parenting, within the topic of Family and relationships.
Related Plain Language Law
Sentencing Act 2002
Who looks after a child or young person while they wait for a court decision?
161: Custody of child or young person pending hearing
Sentencing Act 2002
Hurting or neglecting a child under 14: what the court thinks about
9A: Cases involving violence against, or neglect of, child under 14 years
Sentencing Act 2002
What special words mean in these law sections
123A: Interpretation of terms used in this section and sections 123B to 123H
Sentencing Act 2002
A court order to keep you away from someone you hurt to keep them safe
123B: Protection order
Sentencing Act 2002
Sharing documents with people who help offenders and keep others safe
123CA: Disclosure of documents to assessor and service provider
Sentencing Act 2002
People who help with protection orders and safety programmes
123CC: Assessors and service providers for section 123CA
Immigration Act 2009
Rules for visa applications from people under 18 who aren't married
59: Applications by minors
Immigration Act 2009
Overnight accommodation for people detained without warrant
331: Form of custody of persons detained without warrant overnight
Immigration Act 2009
Rules for immigration status of children born in NZ since 2006
373: Immigration status of persons born in New Zealand on or after 1 January 2006
Immigration Act 2009
Children's immigration status based on their parents' status
374: Immigration status of persons whose status depends on immigration status of parent
Immigration Act 2009
Minors need an adult to help with immigration matters
375: Minors to have responsible adult to represent their interests
Immigration Act 2009
Immigration officials must listen to children's opinions about their situation
377: Views of minor to be considered
Immigration Act 2009
Who pays for sending someone out of New Zealand and helping their family
398: Costs of deportation or repatriation
Immigration Act 2009
Children must have an adult to look after their interests in immigration matters
459: Children to have responsible adult to represent their interests
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What the law is called and when it started
1: Title and commencement
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What words and phrases in the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 mean
2: Interpretation
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 is trying to achieve for kids like you in New Zealand.
4: Purposes
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Important rules that guide how people work to help children and families.
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Important rules to follow when making decisions about children and young people
5: Principles to be applied in exercise of powers under this Act
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The child's wellbeing comes first when making decisions about them.
6: Welfare and interests of child or young person paramount
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Important jobs and rules to keep children and young people safe and well.
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The chief executive's job is to keep children and young people safe and supported by following the law and making sure services are available to help them.
7: Duties of chief executive
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Help with understanding in court, like interpreters, if you need it
9: Interpreters
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court and your lawyer must explain what's happening in a way you can understand.
10: Duty of court and counsel to explain proceedings
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Health practitioners must examine kids in a way that hurts or scares them the least.
12: Duty of health practitioner to minimise distress to child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Helping kids in need is a big job. It involves: • Keeping them safe • Making sure they are okay • Helping their family too
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Guiding rules to keep you safe and support your well-being
13: Principles
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When you need help to stay safe from harm because your parents or caregivers can't look after you properly.
14: Definition of child or young person in need of care or protection
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What happens to a child outside New Zealand can still affect their care and protection.
14A: Conduct outside New Zealand
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Telling someone in charge if you think a child is being hurt or needs help
15: Reporting of concerns to chief executive or constable
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Sharing concerns about a child's safety is protected by law
16: Providing information about safety or well-being of child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Checking if a child is safe when someone reports concerns
17: Investigation of report of concerns about safety or well-being of child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Telling someone who can help when a child needs care or protection
18: Referral of care or protection cases to care and protection co-ordinator or youth justice co-ordinator
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Telling someone who can help when you think a child needs care or protection
19: Referral of care or protection cases to care and protection co-ordinator by other persons or by court
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Meetings with family and friends to help make good decisions for children.
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Setting up a meeting with a family to help keep kids safe
20: Convening of family group conferences
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Planning a family meeting: talking to your family about what you need
21: Care and protection co-ordinator to consult family, whanau, or family group on convening of family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Who can attend a family group conference to help make decisions about a child or young person?
22: Persons entitled to attend family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Someone helps make sure you have all the information you need at a family meeting
23: Care and protection co-ordinator to ensure that relevant information and advice made available to family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Getting your views heard if you can't attend a family meeting
24: Care and protection co-ordinator to ascertain views of persons unable to attend family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Telling people about a family group conference meeting
25: Notification of convening of family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
How to run a family group conference meeting
26: Procedure at family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The government helps family meetings by doing behind-the-scenes work.
27: Department to provide administrative services to family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What happens at a family group conference to help keep a child safe and happy
28: Functions of family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
A family group conference helps make decisions to keep a child safe and happy.
29: Family group conference may make decisions and recommendations and formulate plans
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Getting everyone to agree on a family plan
30: Care and protection co-ordinator to seek agreement to decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What happens when a family can't agree on a plan to keep a child safe
31: Procedure where no agreement possible
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Getting a copy of what was decided at your family group conference
32: Records of decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conferences to be made available to interested persons
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The government keeps a record of what happens at family meetings to help keep you safe.
33: Department to maintain records of proceedings of family group conferences
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The boss of Oranga Tamariki must make sure family group conference decisions happen if it's reasonable and possible.
34: Chief executive to give effect to decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Police must follow the plans made by a family group conference.
35: Police to comply with decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conference
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
A family group conference meets again to check if its plans are working for you.
36: Family group conference to reconvene to review its decisions, recommendations, and plans
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What you say at a family group conference is private and can't be used in court.
37: Proceedings of family group conference privileged
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What happens at a family group conference must be kept private and not shared publicly.
38: Proceedings of family group conference not to be published
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Warrants to keep children safe from harm
39: Place of safety warrants
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
A court order to keep you safe if you're in danger
40: Warrant to remove child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
People taking a child with a warrant must show ID and proof they can do this
41: Person executing warrant to produce evidence of authority and identity
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Police can search a place without permission to keep a child safe
42: Search without warrant
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What happens when you're placed in the care of Oranga Tamariki
43: Placement of child or young person placed in custody of chief executive
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
A parent or guardian can ask the court to let their child come home or to visit them.
44: Parent or guardian may apply for release of or access to child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What the court can decide if you're in court under certain rules
46: Powers of court where application made under section 44 or child or young person brought before court under section 45
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Help for kids and teens who are alone and need a safe place to stay
48: Unaccompanied children and young persons
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can order a doctor to check if a child is safe and healthy.
49: Court may order medical examination of child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Asking the court for a secret order to check a child's health in an emergency
50: Ex parte application for order for medical examination
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Doctors and nurses must write a report after checking a child or young person to help the court make decisions.
52: Health practitioner to prepare report on examination
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When the chief executive thinks you need a medical check, they can arrange one to keep you healthy and safe.
53: Medical examination of child or young person at request of chief executive
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
You can have a chosen adult with you during a medical check
54: Child or young person entitled to have adult present
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Rules to protect kids from uncomfortable medical checks
55: Restrictions on internal examinations and examinations under general anaesthetic
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
A doctor or nurse must write a report after checking a child or young person's health.
56: Health practitioner to prepare report on examination
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
People must show important papers to help investigate and keep children safe.
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Asking for documents to help a child who may need care or protection
59: Application for production of documents relevant to investigation of whether child or young person in need of care or protection or assistance under section 17(2A)
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Asking the court for a document without warning the other person, to help keep a child safe.
60: Ex parte application for order for production of document
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can ask someone to share an important document to help keep a child safe.
61: Court may order document to be produced
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
You must share documents when asked, even if another law says to keep them secret.
62: Section 61 to apply notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Agencies must share information to help keep children safe
66: Agencies to supply information
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When a child needs care or protection from harm
67: Grounds for declaration that child or young person is in need of care or protection
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Asking the court to help keep a child safe
68: Application for care or protection order
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When two people apply together for help to keep a child safe
69: Joint applications
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
You usually need a family group conference before asking for a care or protection order for a child.
70: No application for care or protection order to be made unless family group conference has been held
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can help keep you safe even if they don't know who hurt you.
71: Court may make care or protection order in absence of proof of responsibility for neglect or ill-treatment of child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court won't make a care order without first having a family meeting to discuss the issue.
72: Court not to make care or protection order unless family group conference held
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Court helps you only if you can't get care or protection another way.
73: Court not to make care or protection order unless satisfied that child's or young person's need for care or protection cannot be met by other means
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Court can make you go to counselling to help with care or protection cases
74: Court may require parties to undergo counselling
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Paying for counselling: when you might need to pay a fee and how it gets paid
76: Fees
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Who looks after a child while the court decides what's best for them?
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can make a temporary decision about who looks after a child until a final decision is made.
78: Custody of child or young person pending determination of proceedings or in urgent cases
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Who can take care of you if the court makes a special order
79: Persons who may be granted custody under section 78
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What happens if a court decides someone else should look after you
81: Placement of child or young person under order made under section 78
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
A child can go back to live with their parents or guardians if it's thought to be a good idea.
82: Child or young person may be returned to person who previously had care
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Help and protection orders for kids who need care
83: Care or protection orders
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can make orders if you do something wrong, like paying for damage or saying sorry.
84: Power to make other orders on ground of child’s offending
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Help and support orders for children and young people who need care and protection.
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can make a temporary order to help a child while it decides the main case.
86A: Interim services orders
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Orders to keep someone safe from harm or danger
87: Restraining orders
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Temporary orders to keep a child safe while the court makes a decision
88: Interim restraining orders
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can make a temporary decision to help a child while it thinks about a bigger decision.
92: Interim support orders
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Someone must help and care for a child when the court says so.
93: Duty to provide support
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The chief executive must assign a social worker to help you when you need support.
94: Duty of chief executive to appoint social worker to provide support
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Rules to keep you safe when you get support from a court
95: Conditions of support order or interim support order
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
The court can add extra rules to help keep you safe and supported.
96: Power of court to impose additional conditions
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Court can add rules to help parents or guardians care for a child or young person
97: Court may impose conditions in respect of parent, guardian, etc, of child or young person
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Courts can't make you have medical treatment without your consent or a parent's agreement.
98: Court not to impose condition requiring medical treatment without person's consent
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Telling the court how support for a child or young person is working
99: Person or organisation providing support to child or young person to report to court
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
What happens if someone doesn't follow the rules of a court order to support a child?
100: Failure to observe conditions of support order
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Court orders that help keep children and young people safe and cared for.
Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
When a court decides a child needs care, it can give custody to someone else to keep them safe.
101: Custody orders
Income Tax Act 2007
Maintenance payments from partners or child support are not taxed
CW 32: Maintenance payments
Income Tax Act 2007
Handling unpaid debts owed to a deceased person's estate
DB 32: Bad debts owed to estates
Income Tax Act 2007
Rules for property left to family or tax-exempt groups after someone dies
FC 4: Property transferred to charities or to close relatives and others
Income Tax Act 2007
Rules for transferring financial arrangements after death
FC 8: Transfer of certain financial arrangements
Income Tax Act 2007
Rules to prevent unfair arrangements for family tax credits
GB 44: Arrangements involving tax credits for families
Income Tax Act 2007
How money and assets from certain trusts are given to beneficiaries
HC 16: Ordering rule for distributions from non-complying and foreign trusts
Income Tax Act 2007
Rules for when trusts give money to children
HC 36: Trusts and minor beneficiary rule
Income Tax Act 2007
Rules for trusts set up in wills that pay money to young people
HC 37: Testamentary trusts and minor beneficiary rule
Income Tax Act 2007
Financial support for families through tax credits
LB 4: Tax credits for families
Income Tax Act 2007
Defining who qualifies as a full-time worker or earner for family tax credits
MA 7: Meaning of full-time earner and earner for family scheme
Income Tax Act 2007
Definitions of key terms for family tax credit calculations
MA 8: Some definitions for family scheme
Income Tax Act 2007
How income from owning a large part of a small company affects your family tax credits
MB 4: Family scheme income of major shareholders in close companies
Income Tax Act 2007
Eligibility requirements for family scheme benefits
MC 2: Who qualifies for entitlements under family scheme?
Income Tax Act 2007
You must be the main caregiver for dependent children
MC 4: Second requirement: principal care
Income Tax Act 2007
Ongoing rules for family scheme payments and tax credits
MC 8: Continuing requirements
Income Tax Act 2007
Who is considered the main person responsible for a child's daily care
MC 10: Principal caregiver
Income Tax Act 2007
How much family tax credit you can get based on your children and care time
MD 3: Calculation of family tax credit
Income Tax Act 2007
You must be the main caregiver for a financially dependent child
MD 6: Second requirement: principal care
Income Tax Act 2007
How to qualify for a parental tax credit for babies born before July 2018
MD 11: Entitlement to parental tax credit
Income Tax Act 2007
Eligibility rules for protected family tax credit based on benefit status and income
MD 14: Person receiving protected family tax credit
Income Tax Act 2007
Tax credit for low-income families with full-time workers
ME 1: Minimum family tax credit
Income Tax Act 2007
Eligibility for child tax credit for certain parents who can't receive in-work tax credit
MZ 1: Entitlement to child tax credit
Income Tax Act 2007
How your family income is calculated when you set up a trust
MB 7: Family scheme income of settlor of trust
Income Tax Act 2007
Extra money for parental tax credit when baby is born near tax year end
MD 12B: Additional parental tax credit amount included in lump sum if 70-day period crosses 2 tax years
Income Tax Act 2007
Who can get the Best Start tax credit and how it's calculated
MG 1: Best Start tax credit entitlement
Income Tax Act 2007
Financial support for families with young children
MG 2: Best Start tax credit
Income Tax Act 2007
Tax rules for trusts that only support people with disabilities
HC 39: Trustee income: disabled beneficiary trusts
Income Tax Act 2007
How to work out your tax credit payments from July 2024 to March 2025
MF 4K: Calculation of instalments: 31 July 2024 to 31 March 2025
Income Tax Act 2007
FamilyBoost tax credits help caregivers pay for early childhood education
MH 1: FamilyBoost tax credits: purpose
Income Tax Act 2007
Help with childcare costs: get back some of the fees you pay for your kids
MH 3: FamilyBoost tax credit
Income Tax Act 2007
What 'tax credit income' means and how it's calculated for tax credits
MH 4: Meaning of tax credit income
Income Tax Act 2007
Money back for childcare costs
LB 4BA: Tax credits for early childhood education
Social Workers Registration Act 2003
Working as a social worker for a short time with special rules
11: Temporary registration
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Changes to the law that helps keep kids and young people safe
206: Amendments to Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Changes to the law about children and young people, including who makes decisions and how applications are made
207: Amendments to Parts 1 to 9 of Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Changes are made to the law about helping people have babies using technology.
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Changes to the law that helps keep children and young people safe
208: Amendments to Part 10 of Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Rules to help keep you safe and supported when big decisions are made about you
12: Principles governing decisions affecting children and young persons
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
When to go to the Family Court for important decisions
116: Jurisdiction of Family Court
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Getting a copy of the application when someone applies to the court
119: Entitlement to be served with application
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Rules from two laws can apply to you at the same time if you're a child or young person.
138: Orders under Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Guidelines to help the Family Court make fair decisions
149: Rules
Child Support Act 1991
This law sets the name of the Act and when it starts working
1: Title and commencement
Child Support Act 1991
This section explains important words and ideas used in the Child Support Act
2: Interpretation
Child Support Act 1991
This law applies to everyone, even the government, with some exceptions
3: Act to bind the Crown
Child Support Act 1991
This law explains why parents should support their children financially
4: Objects
Child Support Act 1991
Who can get child support: rules for children
5: Children who qualify for child support
Child Support Act 1991
Who can be asked to pay child support for a child
6: Parents by whom child support payable
Child Support Act 1991
Commissioner can ignore overseas documents if they seem untrustworthy
7A: Commissioner may disregard document from overseas jurisdiction if not satisfied that document is valid and authentic
Child Support Act 1991
Asking for help to figure out how much child support should be paid
Child Support Act 1991
Parents or carers can ask for help figuring out child support payments
8: Who may apply for formula assessment
Child Support Act 1991
If you get money for looking after a child, you need to ask for child support from the parents
9: UCB beneficiaries must apply for formula assessment
Child Support Act 1991
How to fill out the form for asking for child support money
10: Form of application
Child Support Act 1991
People who look after children most of the time or share looking after them equally
Child Support Act 1991
You can ask for child support for more than one child on one form
11: Multiple applications in single form
Child Support Act 1991
How child support continues when a UCB beneficiary's agreement ends
12: Deemed application by UCB beneficiary
Child Support Act 1991
Commissioner tells everyone when someone asks for child support
13: Notification by Commissioner of application
Child Support Act 1991
The government works out how much time parents spend caring for their child
14: Commissioner to establish proportions of care
Child Support Act 1991
How the Commissioner figures out who cares for a child and for how long
15: How Commissioner establishes proportions of care
Child Support Act 1991
How much of a child's care costs each parent is responsible for
16: Determining care cost percentages
Child Support Act 1991
Finding out who pays and who gets child support
17: Determining who are liable parents and receiving carers
Child Support Act 1991
What happens when you're named as a parent who pays or a carer who receives child support
18: Effect of being liable parent or receiving carer
Child Support Act 1991
When you start paying money to help take care of your child
19: When liability to pay child support starts
Child Support Act 1991
This rule about pausing child support agreements was taken out of the law
20: Suspension of voluntary agreements
Child Support Act 1991
What happens after someone asks for or refuses child support calculations
Child Support Act 1991
Tell people when they can't get child support
21: Duty to give notice of decision to unsuccessful applicant
Child Support Act 1991
Government no longer has to tell child's caregiver about child support decisions
22: Duty to give notice of decision to custodian
Child Support Act 1991
Tell someone when you want them to pay child support
23: Duty to give notice to person from whom child support sought
Child Support Act 1991
This rule about figuring out child support payments was removed in 2015
24: Duty to make assessment
Child Support Act 1991
When you no longer have to pay child support based on a set formula
Child Support Act 1991
When you don't have to pay child support anymore
25: When liability to pay child support ceases
Child Support Act 1991
What happens to child support when the person caring for a child passes away
26: Miscellaneous provisions relating to death of carer
Child Support Act 1991
When parents can choose to stop using the formula for child support
Child Support Act 1991
Carer can ask to stop the child support calculation
27: Election by receiving carer to end formula assessment
Child Support Act 1991
This part tells you how much child support you might need to pay
28: This Part sets out rates of child support
Child Support Act 1991
The Commissioner calculates how much child support you need to pay each year
29: Commissioner to assess child support payable under formula assessment
Child Support Act 1991
How the law figures out yearly child support payments
30: Formula for assessing annual amount of child support
Child Support Act 1991
How much child support you might need to pay each year
31: Annual amount of child support payable by liable parent
Child Support Act 1991
Changes to the basic way of figuring out child support in some cases
Child Support Act 1991
There's a minimum yearly amount you must pay for child support
32: Minimum annual rate of child support
Child Support Act 1991
How much of the total child support money you provide compared to the other parent
33: Income percentage
Child Support Act 1991
How the government calculates how much child support a parent should pay
34: Child support income amount
Child Support Act 1991
How the law calculates your income for child support
35: Adjusted income
Child Support Act 1991
An extra amount subtracted from your income if you pay child support for children in different groups
36: Multi-group allowance
Child Support Act 1991
This rule about zero income no longer applies
37: Nil assessment of taxable income
Child Support Act 1991
How tax assessments are used to figure out child support payments
38: Application of assessments under Income Tax Act 1976 or Tax Administration Act 1994
Child Support Act 1991
This rule about part-year income no longer applies
38A: Position where taxable income from withholding income not available for full tax year
Child Support Act 1991
What happens when it's hard to know how much money you made
39: Position where income not readily ascertainable
Child Support Act 1991
The government can look at money parents make overseas when deciding child support
39A: Commissioner may take overseas income into account
Child Support Act 1991
Choose to use this year's expected income for child support calculations
Child Support Act 1991
How you can use a lower income estimate for child support
40: Estimated income
Child Support Act 1991
What happens when you choose to use your estimated income for child support
41: Effect of election
Child Support Act 1991
Changing your mind about child support choices
42: Revocation of election and subsequent elections
Child Support Act 1991
What happens when you change your mind about using your estimated income for child support
43: Effect of revocation of election
Child Support Act 1991
Checking if you paid the right amount of child support for the year
44: End-of-year reconciliation
Child Support Act 1991
How the government figures out your income if you don't send in your tax forms
44A: Determining income amount if no tax return filed
Child Support Act 1991
This rule about guessing your income wrong doesn't apply anymore
45: Penalty if estimated income less than 80% of actual income
Child Support Act 1991
Interest charges for guessing too low don't apply anymore
46: Interest to be charged on underestimations
Child Support Act 1991
Rules for making and changing agreements about money for kids and partners
Child Support Act 1991
This part explains how voluntary agreements for child and partner support work
47: Application of this Part
Child Support Act 1991
Rules for making child or partner support agreements that the government will accept
48: Voluntary agreements that qualify for acceptance
Child Support Act 1991
Payments in child support agreements must be at least $10 per week
49: Minimum instalment required before agreement can be accepted
Child Support Act 1991
Special rules apply when the person receiving child support payments gets an unsupported child's benefit
50: Exception where payee is UCB beneficiary
Child Support Act 1991
Special child support agreements aren't accepted when there's already an official calculation in use
51: Exception in respect of child support voluntary agreement where formula assessment applies
Child Support Act 1991
Court orders override voluntary agreements for spousal payments
52: Exception in respect of spousal voluntary agreement where court order in force
Child Support Act 1991
Child support agreements can cover multiple children or people in one document
53: Dual-purpose voluntary agreements
Child Support Act 1991
This law doesn't change other parts of child support agreements
54: Act not to affect other provisions of agreement
Child Support Act 1991
Rules for applying to make a voluntary agreement official
55: Application requirements
Child Support Act 1991
You can ask for more than one agreement to be accepted at the same time
56: Dual applications
Child Support Act 1991
The government decides if your agreement is okay
57: Decision on application
Child Support Act 1991
What happens when the government accepts a family's agreement about child support
58: Consequences of Commissioner accepting voluntary agreement
Child Support Act 1991
When payments start for voluntary child support or domestic maintenance agreements
59: Commencement of liability under voluntary agreement
Child Support Act 1991
The government must tell you if they accept or refuse your child support agreement
60: Duty to give notice of decision
Child Support Act 1991
Commissioner calculates how much child support or domestic maintenance you need to pay each year
61: Duty to make assessment
Child Support Act 1991
When you can stop paying child support or maintenance you agreed to pay
62: When payments under voluntary agreement cease to be payable
Child Support Act 1991
You can change a child support agreement, but you need to follow certain steps
63: Voluntary agreement may be varied
Child Support Act 1991
How you can stop a voluntary child support agreement
64: Election to terminate liability under voluntary agreement
Child Support Act 1991
You can still ask for child support to be calculated by the formula even if you have a voluntary agreement
65: Child support voluntary agreement no bar to application for formula assessment
Child Support Act 1991
You can still ask a court for financial support even if you have a private agreement
66: Voluntary agreement no bar to application for maintenance order under Family Proceedings Act 1980
Child Support Act 1991
The Commissioner must follow court orders about property agreements
66A: Commissioner to give effect to orders made under Property (Relationships) Act 1976
Child Support Act 1991
This part explains which court orders about family money support the law covers
67: Application of this Part
Child Support Act 1991
Court orders for child support or adult support become official payments
68: Effect of certain court orders
Child Support Act 1991
Commissioner must calculate yearly child support and maintenance payments ordered by court
69: Duty to make assessment
Child Support Act 1991
Choosing to collect money yourself instead of having the Commissioner do it
70: Election that Commissioner is not to enforce order
Child Support Act 1991
How long you need to pay child support for
71: Period for which money payable under this Act
Corrections Act 2004
Asking to have your baby or toddler live with you in prison
81A: Request and approval for placement of child with mother
Corrections Act 2004
Agreements to help mums in prison care for their kids
81B: Parenting agreements
Corrections Act 2004
Mums in prison can have their babies with them if they're under 24 months old
81C: Accommodation and feeding of children placed with their mothers
Corrections Act 2004
Rules for detaining kids and young people serving time in a special residence
34A: Detention of child or young person serving sentence of imprisonment
Corrections Act 2004
Asking to rethink a decision about your child's care while you are in prison
81AB: Reconsideration of decision relating to child’s placement
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Council can allow different pool fence rules if they think it's still safe for kids.
67A: Territorial authority may grant waivers or modifications in relation to means of restricting access to residential pools
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
This law aims to keep young kids safe from drowning by making it hard for them to get into pools without an adult.
162A: Purpose
Building Act 2004
Pools at home must have a fence to keep young children safe.
162C: Residential pools must have means of restricting access
Building Act 2004
The council checks home pools every three years to ensure they are safe.
162D: Periodic inspections of residential pools
Building Act 2004
Rules for pools built before 2017 don't change if they already met old safety standards
450B: Savings provision for existing residential pools
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Recognising standards from other countries and checking if they meet our standards
Building Act 2004
The Minister can approve safety rules from other countries to help keep people safe in New Zealand.
272HB: Recognition of overseas standards and of standards certification schemes
Building Act 2004
Telling the public about important notices and making them available online
272HC: Public notification and availability
Building Act 2004
Building Act 2004
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Protecting People's Health and Rights in Reproductive Procedures
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 is trying to achieve
3: Purposes
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Guiding rules to keep people safe and respected when making decisions about assisted reproduction
4: Principles
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What special words in the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 mean
5: Interpretation
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
No one can take body parts from kids under 16 to help make a baby.
12: Restriction on obtaining gametes from minors
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Surrogacy is allowed, but you can't pay someone to do it or take them to court over it
14: Status of surrogacy arrangements and prohibition of commercial surrogacy arrangements
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Some activities can only happen if they follow the rules and are approved.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
You must get approval before doing special baby-making treatments or research on humans.
16: Assisted reproductive procedures and human reproductive research only to proceed with prior approval
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Important decisions are made by a special group that thinks about what is right and wrong.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Asking for permission to do assisted reproductive procedures or research
18: Applications for approval
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Getting permission to help people have babies using special medical procedures or research
19: Approval of assisted reproductive procedure or research
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The ethics committee can stop something they previously approved if rules are broken.
22: Ethics committee may cancel approval
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Some types of help to have a baby or research on humans are not allowed for now.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The committee can't approve some types of fertility treatments or research if they're currently banned.
25: Committee must not consider applications for approvals subject to moratorium
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What an ethics committee does and how it is chosen
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What the ethics committee does to help make sure assisted reproduction is done fairly and safely.
28: Functions of ethics committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What an ethics committee must do when working with an advisory committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Ethics committees must work quickly and follow the rules to help people have children.
29: Ethics committee must operate expeditiously and in accordance with guidelines of advisory committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Setting up and running organisations and jobs to help with making important decisions
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The government must create a team to help make decisions about assisted reproduction.
32: Advisory committee must be established
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The advisory committee's jobs are to help keep people safe and fair in assisted reproduction and give advice to important groups.
35: Functions of advisory committee
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Guidelines and advice are available to help you understand what you can and can't do.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
A group that helps the Minister make decisions about medical help for having a baby.
38: Advisory committee to provide specific advice in respect of human assisted reproductive technology
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about the people who donate embryos or cells to help others have babies
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
This law only applies to things that happen after it started, not to things that happened before.
43: No retroactive application
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
What happens when people ask for information about donors or donor offspring?
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Information to help people think about donating embryos, cells, or helping make a baby.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
People who help with donations must explain important things to donors and future parents before it happens.
46: Providers must give advice to prospective donors and prospective guardians
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about the people who donate embryos, cells, or help make someone's family
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Providers must collect and update info about people who donate embryos or cells, like their identity, health, and family details.
47: Providers must obtain and accept information about donors
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Doctors and clinics must store info about people who donate embryos or cells to help others have babies.
48: Providers and Registrar-General must keep information about donors
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donors can see the information providers keep about them
49: Access by donors to information about them kept by providers
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
People born using a donor can ask to see info about their donor when they turn 18.
50: Access by donor offspring to information about donors kept by providers and Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Who can see information about donors for babies born using special help
51: Restriction on access to information about donors
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about children born from donated embryos or cells
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Clinics must track babies born using donated eggs, sperm or embryos.
52: Providers must keep track of donor offspring births
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Tell the Registrar-General when a baby is born using a donor
53: Providers must notify Registrar-General of donor offspring births
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Tell the Registrar-General if you need to correct information you already gave them
54: Providers must give Registrar-General corrected information
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Important records about kids born from donors must be kept safe by officials and helpers.
55: Registrar-General and providers must keep information about donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Telling providers your new or corrected info if you were born using a donor
56: Providers to accept updated and corrected information about donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donor offspring can access their own information when they turn 18, or a guardian can ask for them if they're under 18.
57: Access by donor offspring to information about them kept by providers or Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Learning about your donor siblings: who can tell you and how
58: Access to information about siblings of donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Adults born using a donor can choose to share their identity with the donor if they want to.
59: Donor offspring 18 years or older may consent to disclosure of identifying information to donor
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donors can ask to know if their donation helped create a child and get some information about them.
60: Access by donors to information about donor offspring kept by providers
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donors can ask to know if they have any children from their donation
61: Access by donors to information about donor offspring kept by Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Keeping donor offspring information private
62: Restriction on disclosure of information about donor offspring
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
A list for donors and their families to share information safely
63: Voluntary register to be maintained by Registrar-General
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Most of this part of the law does not apply to section 63, but some sections do.
64: Application of this Part to section 63
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Court orders can say some donor offspring are considered 18 years old.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Donor offspring aged 16 or 17 can ask the Family Court for rights like an 18-year-old.
65: Family Court may confer certain rights on donor offspring aged 16 or 17
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Rules about keeping information private apply to donors and their families.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
How to complain about information handled under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
66: Application of Privacy Act 2020
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Telling people before entering a place under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
71: Notice requirements when place entered
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Stopping things being imported or exported if they break the law about helping make babies
73: Detection of import and export offences
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Other important rules and details are covered here.
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Rules made by the Governor-General to guide assisted reproductive procedures and research
76: Regulations
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
You must pay a fee before the Registrar-General will do certain things under this law.
78: Fees
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Fertility services, like helping people have babies, must follow safety rules from the Health and Disability Services Act.
80: Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 applies to fertility services
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Changes to the Customs and Excise Act 1996 to help with assisted reproduction laws
85: Amendment to Customs and Excise Act 1996
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Changes to the Medicines Act 1981 law about special medical treatments
86: Amendment to Medicines Act 1981
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
Things you are not allowed to do with human embryos and cells
Schedule 1: Prohibited actions
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The ethics committee can let you store embryos or gametes for longer if you ask them in writing.
10A: Ethics committee may approve extensions
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
The ethics committee can change its earlier decision if it's fair and follows the rules.
10C: Changing of approval under section 10A
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004
When the ethics committee cancels permission to store embryos or eggs, they follow strict guidelines to keep people safe.
10D: Cancellation of approval under section 10A
Crimes Act 1961
Parents can use reasonable force to keep kids safe and well-behaved, but not to punish them.
59: Parental control
Crimes Act 1961
It is against the law to do sexual things with a young family member who depends on you.
131: Sexual conduct with dependent family member
Crimes Act 1961
This explains who counts as a family member you depend on and who has power over you.
131A: Dependent family member defined
Crimes Act 1961
It's against the law to meet a young person under 16 if you plan to do something illegal with them.
131B: Meeting young person following sexual grooming, etc
Crimes Act 1961
It used to be against the law to pay someone under 18 for sex, but this rule was removed in 2003.
149A: Being client in act of prostitution by person under 18 years of age
Crimes Act 1961
People who look after adults who can't care for themselves must give them what they need and keep them safe.
151: Duty to provide necessaries and protect from injury
Crimes Act 1961
Parents and guardians must give kids what they need and keep them safe from harm.
152: Duty of parent or guardian to provide necessaries and protect from injury
Crimes Act 1961
Employers must provide basics like food and shelter to workers under 16 if they agree to.
153: Duty of employers to provide necessaries
Crimes Act 1961
Leaving a child under 6 alone without care is against the law
154: Abandoning child under 6
Crimes Act 1961
Harming an unborn baby can lead to prison time, unless it's to save the mother's life or a legal abortion.
182: Killing unborn child
Crimes Act 1961
A law that punishes people who seriously hurt or don't take care of kids or adults who need help.
195: Ill-treatment or neglect of child or vulnerable adult
Crimes Act 1961
Adults must protect kids and vulnerable people from serious harm, or they could go to jail.
195A: Failure to protect child or vulnerable adult
Crimes Act 1961
An adult who tries to make friends with a child under 16 to do sexual things with them is breaking the law.
131AB: Grooming for sexual conduct with young person
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012
A guardian is a person appointed to look after a child under the Care of Children Act.
246: Who is guardian
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
What happens if you're under 17 and in court: where you can stay while you wait for your hearing
173: Remand of defendant under 17 in residence or care
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
Protecting the identity of young people in court cases
204: Automatic suppression of identity of child complainants and witnesses
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
Telling the court if a crime is a family violence offence
16A: Specifying that offence charged is, or that conviction entered is for, family violence offence
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
Rules to stop you contacting certain people if you're in custody for a family violence offence
168A: No-contact conditions if family violence offence defendant remanded in custody
Freedom Camping Act 2011
Checking how new camping laws affect people without homes
45A: Review of effect on homelessness of Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023
Evidence Act 2006
What a 'specified proceeding' means in court cases, like those about child care or managing someone's property
151: Meaning of specified proceeding
Children’s Act 2014
A law to help keep children safe and happy, called the Children's Act 2014.
1: Title
Children’s Act 2014
The government must follow this law to help keep children safe, with some exceptions.
3: Act binds the Crown
Children’s Act 2014
This part of the law helps the Government make a plan to improve kids' well-being.
4: Purpose of this Part
Children’s Act 2014
The government must make a plan to help kids have better lives and reduce child poverty.
6: Adoption of strategy
Children’s Act 2014
Making a plan to help children and families in New Zealand
8: Preparation of plan
Children’s Act 2014
Agencies must report each year on how they are following the oranga tamariki action plan
11: Implementation reports
Children’s Act 2014
What the strategy and plan mean for the law and decision making
12: Effect of strategy and plan
Children’s Act 2014
Who is in charge of keeping kids safe and well in New Zealand?
13: Accountabilities
Children’s Act 2014
Keeping kids safe: making sure groups have plans to prevent child abuse and neglect
14: Purpose of this Part
Children’s Act 2014
State services that work with kids must have a child protection policy and follow the rules.
16: Prescribed State services to adopt, report on, and require child protection policies
Children’s Act 2014
Health New Zealand must have and follow a plan to keep kids safe.
17: Health New Zealand to adopt, report on, and require child protection policies
Children’s Act 2014
Schools must have a plan to keep kids safe
18: School boards to adopt and require child protection policies
Children’s Act 2014
What a child protection policy must include to keep you safe
19: Content of child protection policy
Children’s Act 2014
What a child protection policy means for the law and your rights.
20: Effect of child protection policy
Children’s Act 2014
What is a specified organisation that works with children?
24: Specified organisation defined
Children’s Act 2014
Before hiring new staff to work with kids, organisations must do a safety check first.
25: Safety checks of new children's workers
Children’s Act 2014
Organisations must check workers who care for kids are safe to work with them.
26: Safety checks of existing children's workers
Children’s Act 2014
Organisations must check children's workers are safe every three years to protect kids.
27: Periodic safety checks of children's workers
Children’s Act 2014
No job as a core worker if you've been convicted of a serious crime.
28: Core worker convicted of specified offence not to be employed or engaged
Children’s Act 2014
Reasons you might not be guilty if you don't follow safety checking rules
Children’s Act 2014
It's not your fault if you did everything you could to keep people safe
29: Defence of taking all reasonable steps
Children’s Act 2014
A defence for organisations that didn't follow rules in an emergency to keep children safe.
30: Defence relating to short-term emergencies
Children’s Act 2014
Rules for Checking if Someone is Safe to Work with Children
31: Requirements of safety checks
Children’s Act 2014
Rules for keeping kids safe: what to check and how to do it
32: Regulations prescribing requirements for safety checks
Children’s Act 2014
Rules to Keep Children Safe: Extra Laws Made by the Governor-General
33: Other regulations
Children’s Act 2014
Some workers with past convictions might not have to get a safety check.
Children’s Act 2014
Some people can still work with children even if they've done something wrong, if it's safe for kids.
35: Exemption for certain individuals
Children’s Act 2014
Asking to be exempt: how to apply and what information you need to give
36: Application for exemption
Children’s Act 2014
When the boss can take away a special permission to work with children
37: Revocation of exemption
Children’s Act 2014
Telling bosses about checks on workers who care for kids
39: Requirement to provide information to chief executives
Children’s Act 2014
Who can do safety checks and how they get approved to keep kids safe
40: Approval of screening services
Children’s Act 2014
What happens if you break a rule and get taken to court
41: Prosecution of offences
Children’s Act 2014
Changing the law to better protect vulnerable children
42: Amendments to Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002
Children’s Act 2014
Changes to the Sentencing Act 2002 to help laws work together better
43: Amendment to Sentencing Act 2002
Children’s Act 2014
Changing the law to hide old criminal records in some cases
44: Amendment to Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004
Children’s Act 2014
Bad things people can do to hurt kids or break the law
Schedule 2: Specified offences
Children’s Act 2014
Rules for organisations that become involved with the law at different times
34: Transitional provision relating to local authorities, etc
Children’s Act 2014
Services that help kids, like healthcare, education, and welfare, that the government checks to ensure they are safe and good.
Schedule 1: Regulated services
Children’s Act 2014
Special rules to help change or keep things the same in the Children's Act 2014
2A: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Children’s Act 2014
The government must respect the Treaty of Waitangi, an important agreement with Māori people.
4A: Treaty of Waitangi (Tiriti o Waitangi)
Children’s Act 2014
New Zealand's plan to keep its promises to protect children's rights
6A: Strategy and international obligations
Children’s Act 2014
Minister must consider important principles when making plans to help children
6B: Policy-related principles Minister must have regard to before strategy adopted or changed
Children’s Act 2014
Minister must consider what's best for kids before making big decisions about their well-being.
6C: Child-related principles Minister must have regard to before strategy adopted or changed
Children’s Act 2014
Talking to important people before making a plan to help kids
6D: Other consultation before strategy adopted or changed
Children’s Act 2014
Where to find the plan to help keep kids safe and well
6E: Publication and status of strategy
Children’s Act 2014
The Minister must regularly check the plan to help kids have better lives.
7A: Duty to review strategy
Children’s Act 2014
The Minister must write a yearly report on how well plans to help kids are working.
7B: Duty to prepare and publish annual report on progress in achieving strategy’s outcomes
Children’s Act 2014
A yearly report that looks at how certain groups of kids, like Māori children, are doing to help improve their well-being.
7C: Annual report: analysis of identified populations
Children’s Act 2014
What the plan is trying to achieve for kids and families in New Zealand.
7D: Purpose of plan
Children’s Act 2014
How to find and read the oranga tamariki action plan online
8A: Publication and status of plan
Children’s Act 2014
Checking and updating the oranga tamariki action plan to make sure it's working well
10A: Review and amendment or replacement of plan
Children’s Act 2014
Extra rules to help the Children's Act 2014 work smoothly
Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Employment Relations Act 2000
This section explains important words and ideas used in the flexible working rules, like what counts as working arrangements and who is affected by family violence.
69AAA: Interpretation
Employment Relations Act 2000
This explains what certain words mean in the rules about breastfeeding at work.
69X: Interpretation
Employment Relations Act 2000
Mums can have extra breaks to feed their babies, on top of their regular work breaks.
69Z: Breastfeeding breaks additional to breaks under Part 6D
Employment Relations Act 2000
A guide that explains how bosses should help workers who need to feed their babies
69ZA: Code of employment practice relating to employer's obligation
Employment Relations Act 2000
If employers don't provide proper breastfeeding breaks and facilities, they might have to pay a fine.
69ZB: Penalty
Employment Relations Act 2000
Rules for the Employment Court when dealing with parental leave problems
179C: Limitations on consideration by Employment Court of matters arising under section 30D of Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
Employment Relations Act 2000
This part explains how workers affected by family violence can ask for short-term changes to their work to help them cope.
69AB: Object of this Part
Employment Relations Act 2000
Asking to change your work because of family violence
69ABB: When and why employee may make request
Employment Relations Act 2000
Rules for workers asking to change their job to handle family problems
69ABC: Requirements relating to request
Employment Relations Act 2000
Showing proof of family violence to your employer
69ABEA: Proof of family violence
Employment Relations Act 2000
When a boss can say no to a worker's request for changes due to family violence
69ABF: Grounds for refusal of request by employer
Employment Relations Act 2000
If an employer doesn't follow the rules about helping workers affected by family violence, they might have to pay money to the worker as a punishment.
69ABJ: Penalty
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
Special rules to consider when making decisions about children and young people with substance addiction issues
13: Additional principles applying to exercise of powers over children or young persons
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
Doctors need to check with Oranga Tamariki before forcing a young person into treatment for severe substance addiction.
24: Restriction on signing compulsory treatment certificate for child or young person
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
Rules for helping children and young people with severe substance addiction get the right treatment.
33: Restriction on making compulsory treatment order in respect of child or young person
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
People making decisions about you must tell you and your family what's happening and why.
66: Parents and others to be informed of decisions
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
The court must give you a lawyer if you're a child or young person in a court case.
81: Appointment of lawyer to represent child or young person
Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017
Challenging a Family Court decision about someone with a severe substance addiction
85: Appeals from decisions of Family Court
Social Security Act 2018
This law helps people in need by giving money and support
3: Purpose of this Act
Social Security Act 2018
A Guide to Understanding the Social Security Act: What it's About and How it Works
5: Guide to this Act
Social Security Act 2018
Help is available for you. It includes money for: • Job seekers • Sole parents • People with disabilities • Young people • People in need of a home • Children with disabilities
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting help as a single parent
29: Sole parent support: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
The sole parent requirement is for single parents caring for young children
30: What is sole parent requirement
Social Security Act 2018
When a dependent child can be considered yours when you apply for help.
31: When dependent child may be regarded as applicant’s child
Social Security Act 2018
Your support changes from sole parent to jobseeker when your youngest child turns 14
33: Expiry of sole parent support, and replacement with jobseeker support, when youngest dependent child turns 14 years old
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Help for people who care for someone else who needs their support
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting money to care for someone at home full-time
40: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
You need a doctor's note to get money for caring for someone full-time
41: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: application must include certificate
Social Security Act 2018
MSD can ask for a medical check when you apply to get paid for caring for someone at home
42: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: medical examination
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting money help if you're a young person with no kids
49: Youth payment: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
Youth payment helps young people with little or no money
51: Youth payment: no or minimum income
Social Security Act 2018
When you can't get money from your parents or guardians
52: When person has parental support gap
Social Security Act 2018
Extra help for young people in tough times
53: Youth payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
Social Security Act 2018
Youth payment can continue for a short time after you turn 18
54: Youth payment: continuation after turning 18 years old
Social Security Act 2018
Extra money for young people who follow special rules
55: Youth payment: incentive payments
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting money as a young parent
56: Young parent payment: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
Young parents can get money help even if they earn a little bit
58: Young parent payment: no or minimum income
Social Security Act 2018
When you don't have parents or guardians to support you with money
59: When person has parental support gap
Social Security Act 2018
Young parents in hardship might get help even if they don't live in New Zealand
60: Young parent payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
Social Security Act 2018
Young parents can keep getting payments after turning 20 in some cases
61: Young parent payment: continuation after turning 20 years old
Social Security Act 2018
Extra money for young parents who follow certain rules
62: Young parent payment: incentive payments
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Help for people who can't earn enough money
63: Emergency benefit: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
The government helps some people pay for childcare
76: Childcare assistance: purpose
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting help with childcare costs
77: Childcare assistance: eligibility
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Allowance for children with serious disabilities who live at home or in special care
78: Child disability allowance: discretionary grant
Social Security Act 2018
What counts as a child with a serious disability needing constant care
79: Meaning of child with a serious disability
Social Security Act 2018
MSD may ask for a doctor's note when you apply for money to help with your child's disability
80: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical certificate
Social Security Act 2018
The government might ask your child to see a doctor before giving you money to help with their disability
81: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical examination
Social Security Act 2018
How the government pays money to help with a child who has a disability
82: Child disability allowance: payment
Social Security Act 2018
Child disability allowance can't be paid with most other benefits or pensions
83: Child disability allowance: not payable with other assistance or pension
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for getting help with funeral costs when someone dies
90: Funeral grant: general eligibility and definitions
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Temporary extra money to help with basic costs when you're struggling
95: Temporary additional support: purpose
Social Security Act 2018
Getting extra help when you don't have enough money for basics
96: Temporary additional support: requirements
Social Security Act 2018
You might get less or no extra money if you or your partner do certain things
97: Temporary additional support: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances
Social Security Act 2018
This part explains important words used in the rules about extra money help
98: Interpretation
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
This rule about special help notices no longer exists
102: Special assistance: status of, and access to, notices
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Money help for 18-year-olds still in school
103: Provisions relating to children aged 18 years or over who continue education
Social Security Act 2018
Rules to Follow You must do certain things when you get help from the government. These rules are to help you get ready for work.
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
This part explains the duties of MSD and people who get benefits
104: What this Part does
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
What you must do if you get a benefit from the government
109: Outline of beneficiary’s general and specific obligations
Social Security Act 2018
You must tell MSD about changes in your life that might affect your benefit
113: Beneficiary must notify change of circumstances
Social Security Act 2018
Getting ready for work while receiving benefits
120: Work-preparation obligations
Social Security Act 2018
Who needs to follow work-preparation rules
121: Persons subject to work-preparation obligations
Social Security Act 2018
Looking after your kids is a big responsibility that the law expects you to take seriously.
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for parents getting government help with kids
127: Obligations in relation to dependent children
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for taking care of kids when you get money from the government
128: Obligations of beneficiary in relation to dependent children
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for looking after your partner's children if they get a benefit
129: Obligations of spouse or partner of beneficiary in relation to dependent children of beneficiary
Social Security Act 2018
Responsibilities for your partner's children when they get government help
130: Obligations of spouse or partner of beneficiary in relation to dependent children of spouse or partner
Social Security Act 2018
Children aged 3 to 5 must attend early learning programmes
131: Attendance of dependent child aged 3 to 5 years at early childhood education programme
Social Security Act 2018
Kids aged 5 or 6 must go to kindergarten or school regularly.
132: Attendance of dependent child aged 5 or 6 years at early childhood education programme or registered school
Social Security Act 2018
Making sure your kids are signed up with a doctor and get their health checks
134: Health care enrolment and compliance with core health checks
Social Security Act 2018
You might need to meet with MSD and tell them how you're caring for your kids
135: Interviews and reporting
Social Security Act 2018
What happens if you don't meet your responsibilities to your kids: you might face a sanction.
136: Person who fails to comply with obligations in relation to dependent children is subject to sanction
Social Security Act 2018
Rules about school, health checks, and words used in child education law
137: Definitions and attendance: regulations made under section 430
Social Security Act 2018
Who needs to follow work rules when getting government help
140: Persons subject to work-test obligations
Social Security Act 2018
Some people don't have to do certain tasks to get help, like getting ready for work or looking for a job.
Social Security Act 2018
What you must do if you get a youth support payment
162: Obligations of young person granted youth support payment
Social Security Act 2018
When young parents have to start learning or training after having a baby
163: When education obligation or training obligation begins for young parent
Social Security Act 2018
Young parents getting payments have special responsibilities to follow.
Social Security Act 2018
Young parents receiving payments must follow rules about parenting and childcare
164: Obligations of young person granted young parent payment
Social Security Act 2018
Help for 18-19 year olds at risk of long-term welfare dependency while on jobseeker support
165: Young person aged 18 or 19 years who is receiving jobseeker support in young person’s own right and who is at significant risk of long-term welfare dependency
Social Security Act 2018
Rules and rewards for a young person whose partner gets a benefit
Social Security Act 2018
Rules for 16 or 17-year-old partners of benefit recipients who are in study or training
166: Young person aged 16 or 17 years who has no dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary
Social Security Act 2018
Help for young parents aged 16-19 who are with someone getting a benefit
167: Young person aged 16 to 19 years who has dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary
Social Security Act 2018
What special words mean in this part of the law
169: Interpretation
Social Security Act 2018
What special words mean in the Social Security Act 2018
172: Interpretation
Social Security Act 2018
Things that affect your benefits: • Having a jobseeker profile • Getting money from overseas • Being in hospital or jail • Living with someone • Getting compensation You need to know these rules to get your benefits.
Social Security Act 2018
Social Security Act 2018
How different things can affect the money you get from the government
183: What this Part does
Social Security Act 2018
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Court can check if contracts with minors are fair
87: Court may inquire into fairness and reasonableness of contract
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Courts can make decisions about fair contracts with young people
88: Court orders where contract was fair and reasonable
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Extra rules about when parts of the law for young people's contracts don't apply
91: Further provisions relating to application of sections 86 to 90
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Contracts for jobs and life insurance work like adult contracts for young people
92: Contracts of service and life insurance contracts have effect as if minor were of full age
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Kids can make legal contracts if a special court says it's okay
98: Minor may enter into contract with approval of District Court
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Court can ask someone else to review your request to approve a minor's contract
100: Referral of application
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
When this law applies to claims for money or damages involving children or teenagers
103: Application
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Making a legal agreement as a young person to settle a claim not in court
104: Claim that is not subject of proceeding
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Rules for protecting minors when their claims become part of a court case
105: Claim that has become subject of proceeding
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Who can ask the court to approve things for someone under 18
106: Who may apply for approval
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
The court decides if young people can make deals or settle claims
107: Court may refuse or grant approval
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Money awarded to minors is kept safe by a trustee until they grow up
108: Money or damages to be held on trust
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
The court can change its decisions about young people's contracts and money
111: Variation of certain orders
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
The court can decide on its own or be asked to make a decision about a minor's property
112: Order may be made on court’s own motion or on application
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017
Explains what trustees and minors can do with trust money and agreements
116: Effect of this subpart on trust
Trusts Act 2019
You are an adult at 18 years old in a trust, that's when you're considered grown up.
20: Age of majority
Trusts Act 2019
How trustees decide whether to give you information about a trust
53: Procedure for deciding whether presumption applies
Trusts Act 2019
Trustees can use trust money to help a child beneficiary with their wellbeing.
62: Trustee’s power to pay or apply income for child beneficiary’s welfare
Trusts Act 2019
Trustees can use trust money to help beneficiaries if it's needed for their wellbeing.
64: Trustee’s power to pay or apply capital for beneficiary’s welfare
Trusts Act 2019
Trustees are protected when giving personal property to a child or their parents.
90: Protection of trustee in handing over personal property to child
Trusts Act 2019
What the Family Court can and can't decide in family cases
141: Jurisdiction of Family Court
Residential Tenancies Act 1986
Rules for leaving a rental home if you're experiencing family violence
138F: Regulations relating to withdrawal from tenancy following family violence
Residential Tenancies Act 1986
How you can leave your home if someone in your family is hurting you
56B: Withdrawal from tenancy following family violence
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC pays money owed to you to your family after you die
126: Corporation to pay amount to claimant's estate
Accident Compensation Act 2001
ACC can share information to help keep kids safe from harm
283: Disclosure of information by Corporation for injury prevention purposes
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Money for families when someone died from an injury before April 2002
382: Survivor's grant to surviving spouses or partners, children, and other dependants for death before 1 April 2002
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Money for families of people who died before April 2002
383: Compensation payable to surviving spouses or partners, children, and other dependants under Accident Insurance Act 1998
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Money for people whose husband or wife died before April 2002
384: Compensation payable to surviving spouses or de facto partners under 1972 and 1982 Acts
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Money for children and families when someone died before 2002
385: Compensation payable to children and other dependants under 1972 and 1982 Acts
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Money for looking after kids when a parent has died
386: Child care payments for children of deceased persons
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Money for childcare if someone who helped with kids died before 1992
387: Compensation for pecuniary loss not related to earnings under former Acts: child care for child of deceased person
Accident Compensation Act 2001
Changes to other laws because of the new accident rules
Schedule 6: Consequential amendments
Accident Compensation Act 2001
List of injuries mothers can get during childbirth
Schedule 3A: Maternal birth injuries
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Help with Paying for Long-Term Care for Older People
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
When the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 comes into effect on 26 November 2018.
2: Commencement
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
This law helps older people know when they must pay for their own care and how much it will cost.
3: Purpose of this Act
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What this law is about: rules for paying for care and disability support at home or in residences.
4: Overview of this Act
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Understanding old laws helps explain new laws in this Act
6: Interpretation: references to, and using as guide, old law
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Special rules to help when laws change
7: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What is long-term care that the government helps pay for?
10: What is LTR contracted care
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What 'LTR contracted care' means and the important words used to describe it
11: Key terms used in definition of LTR contracted care
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What it means to be a qualifying person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who can get help as a qualifying person for care services?
12: Who is qualifying person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
You need long-term care forever, as decided by a special assessment.
14: Positively needs assessed
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
A 50+ single person is someone aged 50-64, single, with no kids, getting funded care.
21: Who is 50+ single person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Single people over 50 pay for care based on their income, not what they own.
22: 50+ single person liable to make income contribution only
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who doesn't have to follow all the rules about paying for care and support services
23: Who is exempt person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Exempt people pay for some of their care using their benefit, minus a small amount they can keep.
24: Exempt person liable to contribute benefit only
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who can ask for or get a needs assessment for help with care or support
27: Who initiates needs assessment
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What help you need to live in a care home for the rest of your life
28: Content of needs assessment
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
How your money and belongings are checked for care and support
31: Types of means assessment
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who can ask for a means assessment to get help with care costs
32: Who may apply for means assessment
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Checking what you own to work out how much you have for care and support
34: Assets assessment
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Things that affect how much money you have, like giving away income or property.
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What happens if you get rid of money or property on purpose when your income is being checked
40: Deprivation of income or property: inclusion in review of means assessment
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Tell MSD if your situation changes and it might affect your care help
43: Obligation to notify MSD of change in circumstances
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Who pays for your care when you're exempt and in long-term residential care?
54: Funder’s liability for cost of LTR contracted care of exempt person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
When the government helps pay for your care costs
56: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of qualifying person
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
When the government must pay for care of people who are exempt or elderly victims of crime
57: When funder’s liability arises for cost of LTR contracted care of exempt person or elderly victim of crime
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What 'cash assets and income' means for people getting home-based disability support services
61: Cash assets and income
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Help to pay for rest home care through a special loan if you have too many assets
70: Residential care loan scheme
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Time limit to charge someone for breaking the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act
73: Time for filing charging document
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
Rules the Governor-General can make about care payments and services
74: Regulations
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018
What laws are no longer valid and have been cancelled or replaced.
77: Repeals and revocations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
A group of 3 people who help keep Oranga Tamariki in check
12A: Monitor’s board
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Chief executives must report back on progress to meet care standards
30A: Progress reports on compliance with national care standards regulations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Minister must choose board members with the right skills and knowledge to make good decisions.
12B: Experience and knowledge of board members
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Protecting the Rights of Children and Young People
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
What the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022 is about
1: Title
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
When the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022 begins: either when the Governor-General decides or 1 July 2023
2: Commencement
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
What the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022 is about and how it works.
3: Overview
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
This law helps keep kids and young people safe and supported when they use Oranga Tamariki services.
4: Purpose
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Think about what's best for kids and their families when making decisions.
5: Principles
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The law ensures the Crown keeps its promises to Māori, working together for better outcomes for children and young people.
6: Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
People helping Oranga Tamariki must work together and share information to keep children safe
7: Common duties
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
What special words in this law mean
8: Interpretation
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The government must follow this law too
11: Act binds the Crown
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
A person who checks if Oranga Tamariki is doing its job properly.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
A new group, called the Monitor, is set up to check on Oranga Tamariki and make sure it's working well.
12: Independent Monitor of Oranga Tamariki System established
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor's job is to watch and check how things are done to keep children safe.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor's job is to check the Oranga Tamariki system is working fairly for you and your family.
13: Monitor’s objectives
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Checking how well the Oranga Tamariki system helps children and families
14: Monitoring function
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Checking how well things are working for kids and families
15: Tools and monitoring approaches
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
A team to help work with Māori, chosen for their skills and knowledge to support children and young people.
17: Māori Advisory Group
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Working with Māori to make sure things are done fairly
18: Collaboration with Māori Advisory Group
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Working with Māori groups to help keep children safe
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Working with Māori groups to improve Oranga Tamariki
19: Arrangements with hapū, iwi, and Māori organisations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Rules to guide people watching over the care of children and young people
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor must follow a code of ethics to engage with people in a safe and fair way.
21: Monitor must have code of ethics relating to engagement
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
People check and write reports on how well the system is working.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
A report to check how well the Oranga Tamariki system is working
22: State of Oranga Tamariki system report
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Annual report on how well caregivers follow national care standards
23: Annual report on compliance with national care standards regulations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
A yearly report on how well the system is helping Māori children and their families.
24: Annual report on outcomes for Māori children and young people and their whānau
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Asking for a check on how things are done at Oranga Tamariki
25: Requests for reviews
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor can investigate and report on problems with Oranga Tamariki services on their own.
26: Reviews on Monitor’s own initiative
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Having a say on a draft report about Oranga Tamariki before it's finished
27: Comments on Monitor’s draft findings or draft report
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor shares their last report with important people, like Ministers and the Children's Commissioner.
28: Final reports
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Minister must give the final report to the Parliament as soon as possible.
29: Final reports to be presented to House of Representatives
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
What an agency must do after getting a final report about them
30: Responses to final reports
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor must publish reports online, hiding private information, within a set time frame.
31: Publication of final reports, responses, and progress reports
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Keep personal info private in reports, unless people agree to share it
32: Duty to protect individuals’ privacy in relation to reports
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
People can enter places to check if they are following the rules to keep children safe.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Who can enter Oranga Tamariki places and why
33: Authorisation of staff
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Authorised staff can enter places to check if the Oranga Tamariki system is working properly
34: Power to enter premises
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Rules to keep kids safe when officials visit homes
36: Limits on power of entry
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
What extra jobs and powers Ombudsmen have when checking Oranga Tamariki services.
37: Purpose of this subpart
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
This law applies to Ombudsmen when they deal with Oranga Tamariki services, but they still follow their own rules.
38: Application of Act to Ombudsmen
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Ombudsman's job is to handle complaints and investigations about Oranga Tamariki in a fair and respectful way.
39: Duties of Ombudsman in relation to complaints and investigations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Help with making sure complaints are heard and fixed at Oranga Tamariki
40: Guidance relating to complaints and systems improvement
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Ombudsman can ask for information to start looking into how Oranga Tamariki works.
41: Preliminary inquiries
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Telling the Ombudsman important information to help keep children safe
42: Information to be proactively provided to Ombudsman
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Working with Māori groups to help keep children safe
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor can only collect and use your information to do their job and help kids.
44: Purpose for which information may be collected, used, or disclosed
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Gathering information to help make good decisions
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor can ask for information to help keep children safe, and agencies must provide it unless it's private lawyer talk.
45: Monitor’s power to require information
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
People need your okay to collect info about you if you're a kid
46: Consent required to collect information from child or young person
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Caregivers must help officials visit children in their care quickly and without delay
47: Duty of caregiver to facilitate access to child or young person without undue delay
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Sharing important information with others is called disclosure of information.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
When the Monitor can share information they collect about people or things.
48: Disclosure of information
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Rules about the information the Monitor can collect and share
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Rules to Keep Personal Info Private
49: Monitor’s information rules
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Telling someone when a rule is broken or someone is interfering
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor can report problems if someone interferes with their work or doesn't follow the rules.
53: Monitor may report interference or non-compliance
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor cannot check what courts or tribunals are doing.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The Monitor can't check what courts or tribunals decide, they have to wait until it's finished.
54: No power for Monitor to review courts or tribunals
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Learning about how information is shared when someone is referred to a service.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
When to send a problem to someone else to help sort it out
56: Referrals of matters
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Other important rules and information about sharing details.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Rules made by the Governor-General to help keep children safe
57: Regulations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Checking and changing the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022 law
58: Review of Act
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Updating what we mean by "official information" in the law to make it clearer.
60: Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Parliament can now make rules to help the Ombudsmen do their job
62: Section 15 amended (House of Representatives may make rules for guidance of Ombudsmen)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes to the law about people who care for children
63: Schedule 1 amended
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes are made to the law that helps keep children and young people safe in New Zealand.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes to the Oranga Tamariki law are made here
64: Principal Act
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
New definition added to explain what words mean in the Oranga Tamariki Act
65: Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The boss of Oranga Tamariki must make sure the department does its job well and learns from complaints.
66: Section 7 amended (Duties of chief executive)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
When a child is released from custody before court, a report must be sent to the Ombudsman to check they are safe.
67: Section 47 amended (Report to be furnished to Commissioner where child or young person released before required to be brought before court)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes to the rules about taking someone to court over a complaint about Oranga Tamariki
68: Section 445E amended (Limit on proceedings)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
New rules for checking and reporting care standards at Oranga Tamariki
69: Section 447 amended (Regulations)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The law is removing a part that required the Minister to appoint independent monitors for children's care.
70: Section 447A repealed (Minister to appoint independent persons to monitor compliance with prescribed standard of care)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Update to Oranga Tamariki law to change an old date to a new one
71: Schedule 1AA amended
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes are made to the rules that help keep children safe and cared for in New Zealand.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Main rules for Oranga Tamariki care standards
72: Principal regulations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes to the rules: adding a new definition for the Independent Monitor of Oranga Tamariki System
73: Regulation 5 amended (Interpretation)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Some Oranga Tamariki rules (77 to 85) are being removed from the law.
74: Regulations 77 to 85 and cross-heading revoked
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Change to rule 86: Minister or Independent Monitor can check on Oranga Tamariki
75: Regulation 86 amended (Self-monitoring)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Oranga Tamariki must now report to the Minister and Independent Monitor every year, not every 3 years.
76: Regulation 87 amended (Reporting to the Minister and independent monitor on results of self-monitoring)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes are made to the rules about caring for children in residential homes.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Main rules for Oranga Tamariki's residential care
77: Principal regulations
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes to the rules for grievance panels to make sure things are done fairly
78: Regulation 31 amended (Functions and duties of grievance panels)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Changes are made to the rules that guide the Family Court.
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Main rules for the Family Court are being updated
79: Principal rules
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
The law now lets more people publish reports about Oranga Tamariki.
82: Rule 2 amended (Power to publish reports)
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
What the Children's Commissioner Act 2022 is about
1: Title
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
When the Children's Commissioner Act 2022 comes into effect
2: Commencement
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
What the Children's Commissioner Act 2022 is about and how it works
3: Overview
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
This law sets up a special job to help kids be treated fairly and have a say.
4: Purpose of this Act
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Respecting the Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi promise to work with Māori and protect their children's rights.
6: Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
What special words mean in the Children's Commissioner Act 2022
7: Interpretation
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
What the Children's Convention says, as a guide to children's rights
8: Children’s Convention
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Special rules to help the Children's Commissioner Act 2022 work smoothly
9: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Children's Commissioner is a special person who helps keep kids safe and makes sure the government follows rules to support them.
11: Children’s Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
How the Minister chooses someone to be the Commissioner for children and young people.
12: Recommendation and endorsement of Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
A group of people who help choose the next Children's Commissioner by assessing candidates and making a recommendation.
13: Nominations panel
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Deputy Commissioner: a person who helps the Children's Commissioner and can do their job if needed.
14: Deputy Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
A group that helps choose people for important children's roles, now no longer part of the law.
15: Nominations panel
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
A Judge can also be the Children's Commissioner without changing their Judge job.
16: Appointment of Judge as Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Commissioner's jobs are to help and support Māori children and young people.
17: Duties of Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Commissioner's jobs, responsibilities, and authorities
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Helping kids and young people by looking out for their rights and well-being
20: Function relating to promoting interests and well-being of children and young people
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Helping to make sure children and young people are treated fairly and have their rights respected.
21: Function relating to promoting and advancing rights of children and young people
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Helping You Have a Say in Things That Affect Your Life
22: Function relating to encouraging children’s and young people’s participation and voices
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Commissioner's extra jobs and responsibilities
23: Additional functions, duties, or powers
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Commissioner must think about how their work affects kids' rights and well-being.
24: Commissioner must have regard to rights or interests and welfare of children
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Rules that guide the Children's Commissioner to make fair and good decisions for kids.
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Commissioner's rules for working fairly and safely with people, especially children.
26: Commissioner’s code of ethics
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Commissioner can investigate and look into important matters.
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Following instructions in a section 27 notice without being charged
28: Compliance with section 27
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Commissioner and staff must keep people's secrets to protect their privacy.
29: Commissioner and staff must maintain secrecy
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
How the Commissioner runs a fair investigation to help keep children safe
30: Procedure for inquiries
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
What the rules say about collecting, using, and storing information
32: Content of information rules
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
People who help keep kids safe can share information to do their jobs better and help people.
33: Sharing of information with Monitor and Ombudsman
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Reports about people not following rules or interfering with others
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The Commissioner can report if someone is interfering with their work or not following the rules.
34: Commissioner may report interference or non-compliance
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
When the Commissioner finds an issue, they send it to someone who can help, like a boss or a special investigator, to make sure it gets sorted out.
35: Referral of matters
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Other important things the Commissioner looks at and deals with.
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
People working for the Commissioner are protected from being sued for doing their job, with some exceptions.
36: Proceedings privileged
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Rules made by the Governor-General to help the Children's Commissioner law work
37: Regulations
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Checking the Children's Commissioner Act 2022 to see if it needs changes
38: Review of Act
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Changes are made to the rules about caring for kids in residential homes.
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Main rules are no longer in effect, see the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Act 2025 for more information.
39: Principal regulations
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Changes to other laws and removing old ones that are no longer needed.
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Changing other laws to match the new Children's Commissioner Act 2022
41: Consequential amendments
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
The old Children's Commissioner law is being cancelled.
42: Repeal of Children’s Commissioner Act 2003
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Rules to help when the Children's Commissioner law changed
Schedule 1: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
A special agreement to keep kids safe and happy
Schedule 2: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Children’s Commissioner Act 2022
Changes to other laws because of the Children's Commissioner Act 2022
Schedule 3: Consequential amendments
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