172Procedure at mediation conference

1. Every mediation conference shall be presided over by a Family Court Judge.

2. The following persons are entitled to be present at, and to participate in, a mediation conference:

3. the child or young person to whom the proceedings in respect of which the conference is held relate, unless, in the case of a child, the presiding Judge considers that the attendance of that child would be inappropriate:
4. the barrister or solicitor representing the child or young person:
5. any other person to whom the notice required by section 170(2)(b) must be given:
6. subject to any direction by the presiding Judge to the contrary,—
   1. any barrister or solicitor representing any parent or guardian or other person having the care of the child or young person who is the subject of the proceedings in respect of which the conference is held:
   2. any lay advocate who appears in support of that child or young person or any parent or guardian or other person having the care of that child or young person:
7. with the leave of the presiding Judge, any other person.

8. Subject to any direction by the presiding Judge to the contrary, every mediation conference shall be held in private.

9. The presiding Judge may from time to time adjourn a mediation conference to such time and place as the Judge may determine.