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Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill - Amendment paper No 217

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Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 09 August 2022 | Hon Carmel Sepuloni

Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill - Amendment paper No 217

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No 217

House of Representatives

Supplementary Order Paper

Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill

Proposed amendments to SOP 209

Hon Carmel Sepuloni, in Committee, to move the following amendments:

Clause 8

In clause 8(1), after the definition of chief executive of Oranga Tamariki (page 12), insert:

child has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

In clause 8(1), after the definition of premises (page 13), insert:

services or support, in relation to the Oranga Tamariki system, includes responding under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 to offending (or alleged offending) by children and young people

In clause 8(1), after the definition of whānau caregiver (page 14), insert:

young person has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.

Clause 9

Replace clause 9 (page 14) with:

9 Meaning of Oranga Tamariki system

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Oranga Tamariki system means the system that is responsible for providing services or support to children, young people, and their families and whānau under, or in connection with, the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, the Oranga Tamariki system—

(a)

applies to the delivery of services or support by agencies or their contracted partners within the system; and

(b)

includes (without limitation) the delivery of health, education, disability, and other services by those agencies or contracted partners within the system.

Explanatory note

This Supplementary Order Paper amends SOP 209 to—

  • clarify that references to services or support, in relation to the Oranga Tamariki system, include (unless the context otherwise requires) responding under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 to offending (or alleged offending) by children and young people rather than it being a separate part of the system:

  • clarify that the terms child and young person used in Parts 1 to 4 of the Bill have the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.
Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 09 August 2022

Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill - Amendment paper No 217

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