CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 169 Action by facilitator
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 169
Action by facilitator(1) A facilitator must, as soon as practicable after being assigned to a conference—
(a) decide who should be invited to the conference; and
(b) give written notice to each person to be invited stating the time, date and place for the conference; and
(c) conduct the conference.
(2) The following people must be invited to a conference:
(a) if the facilitator is satisfied that the child or young person can understand and take part in the conference—the child or young person;
(b) each person with parental responsibility for the child or young person, unless the facilitator considers that it would not be in the best interests of the child or young person for the person to attend;
(c) a representative of the chief executive;
(d) each person with an interest in, or knowledge of, the care, welfare or development of the child or young person who the facilitator considers should attend the conference.
(3) A facilitator may do anything necessary or convenient to be done in relation to facilitating a conference, including the following:
(a) consult with a person with knowledge of or experience in a particular culture;
(b) request a person to provide information or to report to a conference without inviting that person to be a participant at the conference;
(c) invite a person to attend the conference as a participant at any time;
(d) allow a person to take part in the conference by telephone or other electronic means;
(e) set times and choose places at which the conference will take place.
(4) If a facilitator reasonably believes before the day a conference is to take place that the intended participants at the conference will not agree on arrangements to secure the care and protection of the child or young person, the facilitator must tell the chief executive that he or she does not intend to conduct the conference.