What the official record says
This Act is the Care of Children Amendment Act . This Act comes into force 3 months after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. This amends the Care of Children Act 2004. The purpose of this is to strengthen certain provisions of the principal Act to further promote the safety of children by— enhancing the protections against psychological abuse; and lowering the threshold for obtaining an order preventing the removal of a child from New Zealand, and providing for more flexibility in the terms of those orders; and providing for the discharge of an order for the return of a child abducted to New Zealand. Section 5(e) is amended by inserting after . Section 51(1)(b) is amended by omitting and substituting . Section 54 is repealed. Section 57(5)(b) is amended by omitting . Section 5