AustLII Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

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CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACT 1997 - SECT 30

PART 5 - Children in need of care and protection Division 1 - Family group conferences 30. Family group conference held in certain circumstances

      (1) The Secretary may cause a family group conference to be convened in respect of a child if the Secretary is of the opinion –

(a) that the child is at risk; and

(b) that arrangements should be made to secure the child's care and protection; and

(c) after considering any report of an advisory panel relating to the child, that a family group conference is a suitable means of determining what those arrangements should be.

      (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), the Secretary may require an assessment panel to consider and report on the circumstances of a child within the time specified by the Secretary.

      (3) The Secretary must cause a family group conference to be convened if the Court has adjourned proceedings and referred a matter to a family group conference for consideration and report.


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