New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
Reprint as at 1 October 2008
(SR 1996/354)
Michael Hardie Boys, Governor-General
At Wellington this 2nd day of December 1996
Present:
The Right Hon J B Bolger presiding in Council
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Social Development.
Pursuant to section 447 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
Part 1
Rights of children and young persons in residences
3 Right to professional and planned standards of care
4 Right to be informed of certain matters
5 Right to use personal effects
6 Right to wear own clothing and articles of adornment
9 Right to be given instructions verbally
10 Rights to visits and communications with family and other persons
11 Rights to send and receive mail
12 Right of access to services
13 Right to educational and vocational training
14 Right to medical examinations and treatment
15 Right of access to grievance procedure
16 Right to advocacy for grievance
Part 2
Limitations on powers of punishment and discipline
17 Behaviour management programmes
19 Review of punishment or sanction
20 Corporal punishment not to be used
21 Torture, cruelty, and inhuman, humiliating, or degrading discipline and treatment prohibited
22 Use of force in dealing with child or young person
23 Silence not to be used as punishment or sanction
24 Confinement to room restricted
Part 3
Management and inspection of residences
25 Chief executive to provide facilities and training
27 Professional standards of care to be provided in residences
28 Compliance with regulations
30 Further provisions relating to membership of grievance panels
31 Functions and duties of grievance panels
34 Community liaison committee
35 Functions of community liaison committee
36 Meetings of community liaison committee
38 Powers of person conducting inspection
40 Child or young person may be searched to detect unlawful or harmful items [Revoked]
41 Child or young person may be strip searched [Revoked]
42 Internal examinations [Revoked]
43 Restrictions on searches and examinations [Revoked]
44 Use of dogs for searching [Revoked]
45 Power to seize articles, etc, found on search or examination
46 Areas for provision of secure care to be designated
47 Review of placement in secure care
48 Confinement to rooms of children and young persons in secure care
49 Contact with other children and young persons
50 Meals of children and young persons in secure care
51 Range of planned, purposeful, and varied activities to be provided
