Children's Commissioner Act 2003

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Children's Commissioner Act 2003
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New Zealand Parliament
  • Children's Commissioner Act 2003
Repeals
Children and Young People's Commission Act 2022
Related legislation
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
Status: Repealed

The Children's Commissioner Act 2003 (Public Act no 121 2003) is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament. It reformed the office of the Commissioner for Children as the Children's Commissioner and implemented the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is attached as Schedule 2 of the Act. [1] [2] In August 2022, the Children's Commissioner Act was repealed by the Children and Young People's Commission Act 2022, which established the Children and Young People's Commission. [3]

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Key provisions

The Children's Commissioner Act 2003 repealed Part 9 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (then known as the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989), which had hitherto established the functions and responsibilities of the former "Commissioner for Children." The Children's Commissioner Act created the Children's Commissioner, which assumed the functions and responsibilities of the Commissioner for Children. [1] [4] [5] The legislation also establishes the Children's Commissioner as a Crown entity under the provisions of the Crown Entities Act 2004. [1]

Other key provisions include:

History

The Children's Commissioner Act was repealed by the Children and Young People's Commission Act 2022, which received royal assent on 29 August 2022. The new legislation replaced the Children's Commissioner with the Children and Young People's Commission. [3] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Children' Commissioner Act 2003 (Government Bill). New Zealand Parliament. 25 November 2003.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Children's Commissioner: Statutory role and function" (PDF). Office of the Children's Commissioner. February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 Children and Young People's Commission Act 2022 (Act of Parliament, Public Act 2022 No 44). New Zealand Parliament. 29 August 2022.
  4. Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (Government Bill). New Zealand Parliament. 1 July 2021.
  5. Barrington, J. M. (2004). A voice for children : the Office of the Commissioner for Children in New Zealand, 1989-2003. Palmerston North [N.Z.]: Dunmore Press. ISBN   0-86469-459-8. OCLC   56490910.
  6. "Children and Young People's Commission Bill". New Zealand Parliament. 29 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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