Oranga Tamariki (Minimum Rates of Payment for Board and Lodgings) Order 2023

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Oranga Tamariki (Minimum Rates of Payment for Board and Lodgings) Order 2023

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 20th day of March 2023

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

This order is made under section 363(5) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Oranga Tamariki (Minimum Rates of Payment for Board and Lodgings) Order 2023.

2 Commencement

By virtue of section 363(8) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, this order comes into force on 1 April 2023.

3 Adjustment of minimum rates of payment in respect of board and lodgings of children and young persons

(1)

This order adjusts the rates that—

(a)

are the minimum rates of payment in respect of board and lodgings payable to persons and organisations in whose charge a child or young person is placed under section 362 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989; and

(b)

were determined under section 363(1) of that Act; and

(c)

were in force immediately before the commencement of this order.

(2)

The rates that this order adjusts are increased by 7.2192513%.

Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 April 2023, increases the minimum rates of payment in respect of board and lodgings made to persons and organisations in whose charge a child or young person is placed under section 362 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (the Act). The rates can be found at https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz

The minimum rates are increased by approximately 7.22% to reflect (as required by section 363(5) of the Act) the annual increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2021 quarter to the December 2022 quarter (calculated for all quarters using the New Zealand Consumers Price Index (All Groups)).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 23 March 2023.

This order is administered by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children.