Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill

  • enacted

Obtaining views of specified groups

13 Obligation to establish mechanisms to seek have effective means of seeking views

(1)

In performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Act, the Commission must establish mechanisms to ensure that there are effective means of seeking the views of—

(a)

Māori; and

(b)

Pacific peoples; and

(c)

disabled people; and

(d)

other groups of people who have disproportionately poorer mental health and wellbeing; and

(e)

people who have experienced mental distress, and the persons (including family and whānau) who support them; and

(f)

people who have experienced addiction, and the persons (including family and whānau) who support them; and

(g)

children and young people.

(2)

Those mechanisms may include appointing advisory committees or forming consultation forums.

(1)

In performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Act, the Commission must ensure that it has effective means of seeking the views of—

(a)

Māori; and

(b)

people who share a common identity, experience, or stage in life that increases the risk that they will experience poor mental health and wellbeing (for example, the groups identified in He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction and that are set out in Schedule 1A); and

(c)

people who have experienced mental distress, and the persons (including family and whānau) who support them; and

(d)

people who have experienced addiction, and the persons (including family and whānau) who support them; and

(e)

any other group the Commission considers may help it to meet its objective (see section 10).

(2)

Those means may include—

(a)

appointing advisory committees or forming consultation forums:

(b)

using consultation mechanisms that have been established by other entities.

Compare: 2003 No 128 s 13