Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Family group conferences

31: Procedure where no agreement possible

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If you are at a family group conference and you cannot agree on what to do, the care and protection co-ordinator will take action. They must report the matter to someone, either the person who made the initial report under section 18(1) or the chief executive. The care and protection co-ordinator will also report the matter to the court if a case is already underway. They will talk to a care and protection resource panel to get their advice. If the care and protection co-ordinator makes a report, the person who gets the report can take any action they think is necessary under the Oranga Tamariki Act.

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Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Family group conferences

31Procedure where no agreement possible

  1. Where—

  2. the members of a family group conference are unable to agree on what decisions, recommendations, or plans should be made in relation to the child or young person in respect of whom the conference was convened; or
    1. a care and protection co-ordinator is unable to secure agreement under section 30 to the decisions, recommendations, and plans made or formulated by a family group conference,—
      1. the care and protection co-ordinator who convened the conference—
      2. must,—
        1. if the conference was convened on the basis of a report under section 18(1), make a report on the matter to the person who made the report; or
          1. in any other case, report the matter to the chief executive:
          2. shall, where proceedings have been commenced under this Act in any court in relation to the child or young person in respect of whom the conference was convened, report the matter to that court:
            1. shall, in every case, consult with a care and protection resource panel.
              1. If a care and protection co-ordinator makes a report under subsection (1)(c)(i) or (ii), the person to whom that report is made may take any action under this Act that the person considers appropriate.

              Notes
              • Section 31(1)(c): replaced, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
              • Section 31(2): replaced, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
              • Section 31(2): amended, on , by section 137 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31).