CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 252 Court ordered meeting

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 252

(1)     A meeting ordered by the court under paragraph 251 (1) (d)—

        (a)     must be attended by the chief executive and someone with parental responsibility for the child or young person who is the subject of the proceeding; and

        (b)     may be attended by—

              (i)     a party to the proceeding; and

              (ii)     the representative of a party to the proceeding; and

              (iii)     a person who was served with the application for the care and protection order; and

              (iv)     with the leave of the court—anyone who has an interest in the proceeding.

(2)     The court must appoint someone mentioned in subsection (1) to preside over the meeting.

(3)     Evidence of anything said or done at a meeting is not admissible in the proceeding to which it relates except with—

        (a)     the consent of the parties to the proceeding; or

        (b)     the leave of the court.

(4)     The person presiding at a meeting must report the outcome of the meeting to the court.