Section 106 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Living arrangements where child or young person placed in custody of Iwi Social Service, etc
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106 Living arrangements where child or young person placed in custody of Iwi Social Service, etc (1) Where the Court makes an order under section 101 of this Act placing a child or young person in the custody of an Iwi Social Service or a Cultural Social Service or the Director of a Child and Family Support Service, the Convener of the Social Service or the Director of that Support Service, as the case may require,— (a) May from time to time direct that the child or young person be removed from the person with whom or the residence in which that child or young person was placed pursuant to section 104 of this Act and placed with some other person or in some other residence; and (b) May request any Social Worker or any member of the Police to assist in carrying out any direction given under paragraph (a) of this subsection, and any Social Worker or member of the Police so assisting may use such force as is reasonably necessary for that purpose. (2) For the purposes of assisting in the carrying out of any direction given under subsection (1)(a) of this section, any Social Worker or member of the Police may exercise the powers conferred by section 105(2) of this Act, and the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 105 of this Act shall apply accordingly with all necessary modifications. Section 106 was substituted, as from 8 January 1995, by section 46 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
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