Family Court Coordinators Manual
Zane Collins made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice
The request was refused by Ministry of Justice.
From: Zane Collins
Dear Ministry of Justice,
I wish to request [T]he list of manuals, guidelines, policies and standard operation procedures used by the Family Court Coordinators in regards to the following processes:
1 - s46G - Counselling after proceedings commenced of the Care Of Children Act 2004
2 - s133 - Reports from other persons of the Care Of Children Act 2004
Yours faithfully,
Zane Collins
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Ministry of Justice
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From: May, Annie
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora Zane
The OIA team has received and acknowledged your OIA regarding the Family
Court Coordinators Manual.
The ID number for this is 104272, with a due date of 25 May 2023.
Ngā mihi
Annie
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Advisor (Communications)
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From: Easton, Paul
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora Zane,
Please find a response to your recent OIA requests attached.
Ngā mihi,
Paul Easton
Principal Media Advisor | Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
027 276 9810
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From: Zane Collins
Dear Easton, Paul,
My enquiries aren't about judicial processes as you claimed. These are processes by court registrars which should be transparent and available to the public to check if the registrars are performing their duties according to the policies, rules and laws in place.
A complaint to the ombudsman will follow- if you don't provide a justified reason about declining my request.
Yours sincerely,
Zane Collins
From: Easton, Paul
Ministry of Justice
Dear Mr Collins
Thanks for your response.
Your OIA request was refused under section 18(g)(i) of the OIA as the information sought is not held by the Ministry and there are no grounds for believing it is held by another Minister or agency subject to the Act.
Information about judicial processes constitutes judicial information under Schedule 1 of the District Courts Act 2016 and may not be obtained under the Act.
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act.
The Office of the Ombudsman may be contacted by email to [email address] or by phone on 0800 802 602.
I'm sorry we can't be of more assistance.
Regards
Paul Easton
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