Health and Social Welfare Notices




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 19 — 23 FEBRUARY 2017

2. Approval of screening service

The following organisation ("Organisation") is approved as a screening service:

CV Check (NZ) Limited (Company Registration No.: 1852593), RSM New Zealand, Ford Building, 86 Highbrook Drive, Highbrook, Auckland 2013.

3. Aspects of safety check that the Organisation is approved to provide

The Organisation is approved to provide the following aspects of a safety check:

  1. For new children’s workers and existing children’s workers who have not had a safety check by the Organisation within the preceding three years, a full safety check in accordance with the Vulnerable Children (Requirements for Safety Checks of Children’s Workers) Regulations 2015 ("Regulations") as follows:
    a. confirmation of identity;
    b. arranging to obtain a police vet or checking professional membership;
    c. requiring information to be provided and undertaking an interview; and
    d. undertaking a risk assessment.

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  1. For existing children’s workers, who have had a safety check by the Organisation within the preceding three years, a full safety check in accordance with the Regulations as follows:
    a. confirmation of identity;
    b. arranging to obtain a police vet or checking professional membership;
    c. requiring information to be provided; and
    d. undertaking a risk assessment.

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4. Kinds of children’s workers that the Organisation may safety check

CV Check may undertake safety checking of the following kinds of children’s worker:

a. a children’s worker who is, or who is proposed to be, providing health services as set out in Schedule 1 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014;
b. a children’s worker who is, or who is proposed to be, employed or engaged by an early childhood service as defined in section 309 of the Education Act 1989 where the service provider is an individual owner-operator who works in the service;
and
c. a children’s worker who is, or who is proposed to be, employed or engaged at a playgroup as defined in section 309 of the Education Act 1989 where the service provider is an individual owner-operator who works in the service.

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5. Specified organisations

The Organisation may undertake safety checking on behalf of any organisation employing or engaging a children’s worker referred to in clause 4.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of February 2017.

CHAI CHUAH, Director-General of Health.

  1. Regulations 5 to 8 inclusive.
  2. Regulations 10 to 13 inclusive.
  3. Clauses 16 to 24 inclusive.
  4. Clause 26, Schedule 1 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014.
  5. Clause 30, Schedule 1 of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014.

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Reappointments to the Earthquake Commission

Pursuant to section 28 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, I reappoint to the Earthquake Commission

Mary Jane Daly

as deputy chair and a commissioner from 1 March 2017 to 29 February 2020; and

Paul Michael Kiesanowski

as a commissioner from 1 March 2017 to 29 February 2020.

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🏥 Approval of Screening Service for Vulnerable Children (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 February 2017
Vulnerable Children, Screening Service, Safety Check, CV Check (NZ) Limited
  • Chai Chuah, Director-General of Health

🚨 Reappointments to the Earthquake Commission

🚨 Emergency Management
Earthquake Commission, Reappointments, Deputy Chair, Commissioner
  • Mary Jane Daly, Reappointed as deputy chair and commissioner
  • Paul Michael Kiesanowski, Reappointed as commissioner