CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 88 Family group conferences—outcome report

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 88

    (1)     Within 28 days after a family group conference ends, the family group conference facilitator must give a written report about the outcome of the conference (the family group conference outcome report ) to—

        (a)     the director-general; and

        (b)     the child or young person; and

        (c)     each person invited to attend the conference.

    (2)     A family group conference outcome report must include the following:

        (a)     details of when and where the conference took place;

        (b)     the name of—

              (i)     the family group conference facilitator; and

              (ii)     each person invited to the conference and whether they attended; and

              (iii)     the name of anyone else who was not a participant but who provided information or a report to the conference.

    (3)     If the conference resulted in a family group conference agreement, the family group conference outcome report must include a copy of the agreement.

    (4)     Despite anything else in this section, the family group conference facilitator must not give a copy of the family group conference outcome report, or a copy of the family group conference agreement, to the child or young person if the facilitator believes on reasonable grounds—

        (a)     that it would not be in the child's or young person's best interests to be given information contained in the report or agreement; or

        (b)     that the child or young person is not able to understand the report or agreement.