2021/21 Oranga Tamariki (Minimum Rates of Payment for Board and Lodgings) Order 2021 Patsy Reddy, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 22nd day of February 2021 Present: The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding 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. Contents Page 1 Title 1 2 Commencement 1 3 Adjustment of minimum rates of payment in respect of board and 2 lodgings of children and young persons 4 Revocation 2 Order 1 Title This order is the Oranga Tamariki (Minimum Rates of Payment for Board and Lodgings) Order 2021. 2 Commencement By virtue of section 363(8) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, this order comes into force on 1 April 2021. 1 Oranga Tamariki (Minimum Rates of Payment for cl 3 Board and Lodgings) Order 2021 2021/21 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 pay- able to persons and organisations in whose charge a child or young per- son 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 1.15%. 4 Revocation The Oranga Tamariki (Minimum Rates of Payment for Board and Lodgings) Order 2020 (LI 2020/19) is revoked. Michael Webster, 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 2021, 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 http://orangatamariki.govt.nz/ The minimum rates are increased by 1.15% to reflect (as required by section 363(5) of the Act) the annual increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2019 quarter to the December 2020 quarter (calculated for all quarters using the New Zealand Consumers Price Index (All Groups), excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products). Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012. Date of notification in Gazette: 25 February 2021. This order is administered by Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children. Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2021 2.