CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 79 Family group conference facilitators—functions

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 79

A family group conference facilitator has the function of facilitating each family group conference to which the facilitator is assigned by the director-general under section 82.

Examples—ways facilitator may facilitate family group conference

1     preparing for a family group conference by—

        (a)     meeting with proposed participants; and

        (b)     providing mediation between proposed participants; and

        (c)     resolving conflict between proposed participants

2     consulting someone with knowledge of a particular culture

3     asking someone to give information or a report to the conference without inviting the person to be a participant

4     inviting someone to attend the conference as a participant, at any time

5     allowing someone to take part in the conference by telephone, video-conference or in another way

6     deciding when and where the family group conference will take place

Note 1     A family group conference facilitator may give the director-general protected information (including sensitive information) about a child or young person if the family group conference facilitator considers that giving the information is in the best interests of the child or young person (see  s 853).

Note 2     A provision of a law that gives an entity (including a person) a function also gives the entity powers necessary and convenient to exercise the function (see Legislation Act

, s 196 and dict, pt 1, def entity ).