(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Care and Protection Co-ordinator means a Care and Protection Co-ordinator appointed by the chief executive pursuant to section 423 of this Act
Care and Protection Co-ordinator: this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “chief executive”
for “Director-General”
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Care and Protection Resource Panel means a Care and Protection Resource Panel established pursuant to section 428 of this Act
Chief executive means, subject to any enactment, the person holding office as the chief executive of the Department
Chief executive: this definition was inserted, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).
Child means a boy or girl under the age of 14 years
Child abuse means the harming (whether physically, emotionally, or sexually), ill-treatment, abuse, neglect, or deprivation of any child or young person
Child abuse: this definition was inserted, as from 8 January 1995, by section 2(1) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
Child and Family Support Service means any organisation or body approved by the chief executive as a Child and Family Support Service pursuant to section 396(3) of this Act
Child and Family Support Service: this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “chief executive”
for “Director-General”
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Commissioner means the Children's Commissioner continued under section 6 of the Children's Commissioner Act 2003.
Commissioner: this definition was substituted, as from 26 November 2003, by section 37 Children's Commissioner Act 2003 (2003 No 121).
Commissioner: this definition was substituted, as from 25 January 2005, by section 200 Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
Community Service means any service approved by the chief executive as a Community Service pursuant to section 403 of this Act
Community Service: this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “chief executive”
for “Director-General”
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Convene, in relation to a family group conference, means to take the appropriate steps under sections 20 and 25 of this Act (in the case of a family group conference authorised or required under Part 2 of this Act) or under sections 247 and 253 of this Act (in the case of a conference authorised or required under Part 4 of this Act) in order to cause the conference to meet; and reconvene has a corresponding meaning
Convene: this definition was inserted, as from 8 January 1995, by section 2(2) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
Court, in relation to Parts 2, 3, and 3A of this Act, means a Family Court, and in relation to Parts 4 and 5 of this Act, means a Youth Court
Court: this definition was amended, as from 1 November 1999, by section 6 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116) by substituting “Parts 2, 3, and 3A”
for “Parts 2 and 3”
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Cultural Authority
[Repealed]
Cultural Authority: this definition was repealed, as from 8 January 1995, by section 2(3) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
Cultural Social Service means any incorporated body approved by the chief executive as a Cultural Social Service pursuant to section 396(2) of this Act
Cultural Social Service: this definition was inserted, as from 8 January 1995, by section 2(3) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
Cultural Social Service: this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “chief executive”
for “Director-General”
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Custody means the right to possession and care of a child or young person
Department means the department that is, with the authority of the Prime Minister, for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act
Department: this definition was amended, as from 1 April 1990, by section 35(1)(a) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 (1990 No 26) by omitting “established by the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971”
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Department: this definition was substituted, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).
Director-General
[Repealed]
Director-General: this definition was substituted, as from 1 April 1990, by section 35(1)(b) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 (1990 No 26).
Director-General: this definition was repealed, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).
Document means a document in any form; and includes—
(c) Any label, marking, or other writing that identifies or describes any thing of which it forms part, or to which it is attached by any means:
(d) Any book, map, plan, graph, or drawing:
(e) Any photograph, film, negative, tape, or other device in which one or more visual images are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced:
Enforcement agency means—
Enforcement agency office means—
Enforcement officer means—
Enforcement officer: paragraph (b) of this definition was substituted, as from 1 March 1999, by section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 (1998 No 110).
Ex parte application means an application made without notice to the respondent to the application
Family group, in relation to a child or young person, means a family group, including an extended family,—
Family group conference,—
Family group conference: paragraph (b) of this definition was amended, as from 8 January 1995, by section 2(4) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121) by inserting “or section 281B”
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Family resource centre means any premises that provide temporary accommodation for a child or young person and any person who has the care of that child or young person, where that accommodation is provided as part of a programme designed to provide assistance to that person
Guardianship has the meaning given to it by section 15 of the Care of Children Act 2004; and guardian has a corresponding meaning
Guardianship: this definition was amended, as from 1 July 2005, by section 151 Care of Children Act 2004 (2004 No 90) by substituting “section 15 of the Care of Children Act 2004”
for “section 3 of the Guardianship Act 1968”
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Iwi Authority
[Repealed]
Iwi Authority: this definition was repealed, as from 8 January 1995, by section 2(5) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
Iwi Social Service means any incorporated body approved by the chief executive as an Iwi Social Service pursuant to section 396(1) of this Act
Iwi Social Service: this definition was inserted, as from 8 January 1995, by section 2(5) Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
Iwi Social Service: this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “chief executive”
for “Director-General”
.
Lay advocate does not include any person who is a barrister or solicitor
medical practitioner means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of medicine
medical practitioner: this definition was inserted, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48). See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.
Minister means, subject to any enactment, the Minister who is, with the authority of the Prime Minister, for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act
Minister: this definition was substituted, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).
Near relative means a grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, or sister; and includes a brother or sister of the half-blood as well as of the full-blood
near relative: this definition was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 7 Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3) by omitting the expression “step-parent,”
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parent, in relation to a child, includes a step-parent of the child, but only if the step-parent shares responsibility for the day-to-day care of the child with a parent of the child
Parent: this definition was substituted, as from 26 April 2005, by section 7 Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3).
psychologist means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Psychologists Board continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of psychology.
psychologist: this definition was inserted, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48). See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.
Purely indictable offence means any indictable offence other than an offence for which, by virtue of section 6 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, proceedings may be taken in a summary way in accordance with that Act
Residence—
(a) Means any residential centre, family home, group home, foster home, family resource centre, or other premises, approved or recognised for the time being by the chief executive as a place of care or treatment for the purposes of this Act; and
Residence: paragraph (a) of this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “chief executive”
for “Director-General”
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Residence: paragraph (c)(i) of this definition was amended, as from 1 June 2005, by section 206 Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50) by substituting “prison”
for “penal institution”
. See clause 2 Corrections Act Commencement Order 2005 (SR 2005/52).
Residence: paragraph (c)(ii) of this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by omitting “or a licensed institution under the Mental Health Act 1969”
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Residence: paragraph (c)(ii) of this definition was substituted, as from 1 September 2004, by section 51 Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115). See clause 2 Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act Commencement Order 2004 (SR 2004/147).
Residence: paragraph (c)(iii) of this definition was repealed, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).
Residence: paragraph (c)(iv) of this definition was amended, as from 1 April 2000, by section 8 Children's Health Camps Board Dissolution Act 1999 (1999 No 141) by substituting “operated by Children's Health Camps—The New Zealand Foundation for Child and Family Health and Development”
for “within the meaning of the Children's Health Camps Act 1972”
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Secure care, in relation to a child or young person in a residence established under section 364 of this Act, means containment in that residence within a locked room or enclosure with visible physical barriers
Social Welfare District or District
[Repealed]
Social Welfare District or District: this definition was amended, as from 1 April 1990, by section 35(1)(c) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 (1990 No 26) by substituting “Part 5 of the State Sector Act 1988”
for “section 10(1) of the Social Welfare Act 1971”
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Social Welfare District or District: this definition was repealed, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).
Social Worker means a person employed under Part 5 of the State Sector Act 1988 in the Department as a social worker
Social Worker: this definition was substituted, as from 1 April 1990, by section 35(1)(d) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 (1990 No 26).
Social Worker: this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by omitting “of Social Welfare”
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Traffic offence means—
Traffic offence: paragraph (a) of this definition was substituted, as from 1 March 1999, by section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 (1998 No 110).
Victim means a person who, through or by means of an offence, suffers physical or emotional harm, or loss of or damage to property; and where an offence results in death, the term includes the members of the immediate family of the deceased
Working day means a day of the week other than—
(a) Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Labour Day, the Sovereign's birthday, and Waitangi Day; and
Working day: this definition was substituted, as from 1 November 1999, by section 6 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).
Young person means a boy or girl of or over the age of 14 years but under 17 years; but does not include any person who is or has been married or in a civil union
Young person: this definition was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 7 Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3) by inserting “or in a civil union”
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Youth Advocate means a barrister or solicitor appointed pursuant to section 323 of this Act to represent a child or young person
Youth Justice Co-ordinator means a Youth Justice Co-ordinator appointed by the chief executive pursuant to section 425 of this Act.
Youth Justice Co-ordinator: this definition was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “chief executive”
for “Director-General”
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