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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Provisions relating to procedure in respect of proceedings under Parts 2 and 3A - Mediation conferences

175: Power to require attendance at mediation conference

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"The court can make you attend a meeting to sort out a problem if you don't go voluntarily."

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If you do not go to a mediation conference when asked, a District Court Judge can make you go. The Judge can do this if the Registrar of the court asks them to. The Judge will send you a summons that says when and where you have to go to the mediation conference. You can be made to go to a mediation conference if you do not comply with a request under section 170(2)(b). If you get a summons to go to a mediation conference, section 159 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 applies to you.

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Part 3Provisions relating to procedure in respect of proceedings under Parts 2 and 3A
Mediation conferences

175Power to require attendance at mediation conference

  1. Where any person fails to comply with a request under section 170(2)(b) to attend a mediation conference, a District Court Judge may, on the request of the Registrar of the court, issue a summons requiring the person to attend a mediation conference at a time and place to be specified in the summons.

  2. Section 159 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 applies to a summons under this section as if it were a witness summons issued under that section.

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Notes
  • Section 175(2): amended, on , by section 4 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 83).