YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 55
Reconvening of conferences
YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 55
Reconvening of conferences
55 Reconvening of conferences
(1) A conference may be reconvened by the relevant conference administrator,
on the conference administrator's initiative or at the request of more than
one participant in the conference, for the purpose of reconsidering any aspect
of the outcome plan or any recommendation agreed at a conference.
(1A) A
conference administrator may appoint the same or a different conference
convenor for a reconvened conference.
(2) In deciding whether to reconvene a
conference, the conference administrator must consult with any victim.
(3) A
conference administrator must not reconvene a conference unless the conference
administrator is satisfied that--
(a) it is in the interests of justice to do
so, or
(b) the outcome plan or any recommendation of an outcome plan has
become unsuitable or unworkable.
(4) The participants at a reconvened
conference may agree to vary or replace a previously agreed outcome plan.
(5)
Any variation or replacement of an outcome plan is, if possible, to be
determined by consensus of the participants in the reconvened conference and,
subject to subsection (6), may be agreed to by the conference even though it
is not agreed to by all the participants.
(6) The child, and any victim of
the offence who personally attends the reconvened conference, each have a
right of veto with respect to the whole of the new outcome plan, or with
respect to any decision proposed to be contained in the new outcome plan,
regardless of the views of any other participant in the conference.
(8) The
conference convenor must notify a conference administrator of the result of a
reconvened conference.
(9) This Part applies to a reconvened conference in
the same way as it applies to any other conference.
