(3) A conference is to be conducted by an authorised person appointed by the
Children's Court or the Secretary (as the case requires).
(4) The following
persons are entitled to participate in a conference--
(a) in the case of a
conference directed by the Children's Court--the parties to the proceedings
and any legal practitioner representing them,
(b) such persons (including the
parents of the child and representatives of relevant institutions wishing to
participate) as the person conducting the conference considers appropriate,
(c) any other legal practitioner advising a participant in the conference
(subject to such conditions or limitations as may be imposed by the person
conducting the conference).
(5) A conference may--
(a) seek to identify and
resolve issues in dispute in relation to compulsory schooling for the child,
and
(b) seek to identify any services whose provision to the child, or to his
or her family, would facilitate compulsory schooling for the child, and
(c)
formulate undertakings, and orders for consideration by the Children's Court,
with respect to compulsory schooling for the child.
The Children's Court may
include in a compulsory schooling order any undertaking or obligation
formulated by a conference under paragraph (c).
(6) Participants in a
conference may disclose to each other such information concerning the child,
and his or her family, as may reasonably assist in achieving the purpose of
the conference.
(7) The authority to disclose information under this
section--
(a) any
evidence of anything said or of any admission made in a conference,
(b) any
document (or copy of a document) prepared in relation to the proceedings of
the conference, other than a document containing the terms of an undertaking
arising out of the conference.
This subsection does not apply to any such
evidence or document if the persons in attendance at, or identified during,
the conference and, in the case of a document, all persons specified in the
document, consent to its admission in evidence.
