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title: Oranga Tamariki (Youth Court Age) Amendment Bill

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# Oranga Tamariki (Youth Court Age) Amendment Bill
Author: /u/forgottomentionpeter

### 1. Title
This Act is the Oranga Tamariki (Youth Court Age) Amendment Act 2020.
### 2. Commencement 
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
### 3. Principal Act
This Act amends the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (the principal Act).
### 4. Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
In section 2(1) of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989, replace the definition of young person with:
> **young person** means a person of or over the age of 14 years but under 21 years and also has an extended meaning that includes some young adults for certain purposes under section 386AAA
### 5. Section 272 repealed (Jurisdiction of Youth Court and children’s liability to be prosecuted for criminal offences)
Section 272 is repealed.
### 6. Section 386AAA amended (Interpretation)
In section 386AAA, replace the definition of young person with:
> **young person** means a young person within the meaning given in section 2(1) and, for the purposes of sections 386A and 447(1)(cc) and (da), includes a young adult you is aged 21 years or over but under 25 years.
### 7. Section 386AAD amended (Young persons entitled to live with caregiver up to age of 21 years)
In section 386AAD(1), “(as defined in section 386AAA)” is deleted.
### 8. Section 386C amended (Chief executive to maintain contact with young persons up to age of 21 years)
In section 386C(1), “(as defined in section 386AAA)” is deleted.

