251Persons entitled to attend family group conference

1. Subject to subsection (2), the following persons are entitled to attend a family group conference convened under this Part:

2. the child or young person in respect of whom the conference is held:
3. every person who is—
   1. a parent or guardian of, or a person having the care of, that child or young person; or
   2. a member of the family, whanau, or family group of that child or young person:
4. the youth justice co-ordinator who is convening the conference, or any youth justice co-ordinator who is acting for that person:
5. the prosecutor or the person intending to commence the proceedings for the offence or alleged offence to which the conference relates, or a representative of that person:
6. if the prosecutor or the person intending to commence those proceedings is not an enforcement officer acting in that capacity, a representative of the appropriate enforcement agency:
7. any victim of the offence or alleged offence to which the conference relates, or a representative of that victim:
8. any barrister or solicitor or youth advocate or lay advocate representing the child or young person:
9. the chief executive, in any case where—
   1. the chief executive is a guardian of the child or young person; or
   2. the chief executive has the role of providing day-to-day care for the child or young person under the Care of Children Act 2004, or is entitled to custody of the child or young person under an order or agreement made under Part 2 of this Act; or
   3. the chief executive is required, pursuant to an order made under section 91, to provide support to the child or young person; or
   4. the young person is under the supervision of the chief executive pursuant to an order made under section 283(k) or section 307 or section 311:
10. a representative of an iwi social service, of a cultural social service, or of the director of a child and family support service, if that service or that director—
    1. is a guardian of the child or young person; or
    2. has the role of providing day-to-day care for the child or young person under the Care of Children Act 2004, or is entitled to custody of the child or young person under an order or agreement made under Part 2 of this Act:
11. if the young person is subject to a community-based sentence (as that term is defined in section 4(1) of the Sentencing Act 2002) or a sentence of home detention imposed under section 80A of the Sentencing Act 2002,—
    1. a probation officer:
    2. in the case of a young person who is subject to a sentence of community work (within the meaning of that Act), a representative of the agency on whose behalf the young person is required to perform any work for the purposes of the sentence:
    3. in the case of a young person who is subject to a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, or a sentence of home detention (within the meaning of that Act), any person or agency, or a representative of any person or agency, that provides any course or conducts any programme that the young person is required to undertake as a condition of the sentence or to undergo under the sentence:
12. if the child or young person is under the guardianship of the court under the Care of Children Act 2004, any person appointed as agent for the court under that Act, or any representative of that person:
13. where the child or young person is subject to an order made under section 91, a representative of the person or organisation required, pursuant to that order to provide support to that child or young person:
14. where the young person is under the supervision of any person (not being the chief executive), or any organisation, pursuant to an order made under section 283(k) or section 307, that person or a representative of that organisation:
15. where a community work order made under section 283(l) is in force with respect to the young person, the chief executive or person or a representative of the organisation supervising the order:
16. any other person whose attendance at that conference is in accordance with the wishes of the family, whanau, or family group of the child or young person as expressed under section 250.

17. A person referred to in subsection (1) who does not, for any reason, attend any meeting of a family group conference is not solely by reason of that non-attendance precluded from attending any subsequent meeting of that family group conference, or any meeting of the family group conference reconvened under section 270.

18. If, under subsection (1)(f), a victim of an offence or alleged offence attends a family group conference in person or, as the case may be, by a representative, that victim or representative may be accompanied by any reasonable number of persons (being members of the victim's or representative's family, whanau, or family group, or any other persons) who attend the conference for the purpose only of providing support to that victim or representative.

19. A person who attends a family group conference pursuant to subsection (2) shall not be a member of the conference.

20. No person who attends a family group conference pursuant to any of paragraphs (c) to (n) (other than paragraph (k)) of subsection (1) or pursuant to subsection (2) is entitled to be present during any discussions or deliberations held among the members of the family, whanau, or family group of the child or young person in respect of whom the conference is held, unless those members request that person to attend.