When you are at a family group conference, what you say is private. No court or person acting like a judge can use what you say at the conference as evidence. This means you can talk freely without worrying about what you say being used against you in court.
If a care and protection co-ordinator writes something down under section 29(3), that is not private. This written record can be used, but what you say at the conference is still private. You can feel safe talking at the conference, knowing what you say will not be used in court.
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36: Family group conference to reconvene to review its decisions, recommendations, and plans, or
"A family group conference meets again to check if its plans are working for you."
38: Proceedings of family group conference not to be published, or
"What happens at a family group conference must be kept private and not shared publicly."
No evidence shall be admissible in any court, or before any person acting judicially, of any information, statement, or admission disclosed or made in the course of a family group conference.
Nothing in subsection (1) applies to a record made by a care and protection co-ordinator under section 29(3).
