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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Prosecution of children and young persons

255: Youth justice co-ordinator must ensure that relevant information and advice made available to family group conference

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"Youth justice co-ordinator helps family group conference get the information they need to make good decisions."

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When you are part of a family group conference, a youth justice co-ordinator is in charge. They must make sure the conference gets all the information and advice it needs to make good decisions. This includes information about the health and education needs of the child or young person involved.

The co-ordinator can ask someone to attend the conference if they have important information to share. This person can only attend if they have information to share, unless the conference agrees they can stay.

The conference must follow the rules set out in section 251 when deciding who can attend and what information is shared.

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Prosecution of children and young persons

255Youth justice co-ordinator must ensure that relevant information and advice made available to family group conference

  1. Every youth justice co-ordinator who convenes a family group conference must take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information and advice the co-ordinator considers is required by the conference to carry out its functions (including information and advice relating to the health and education needs of every child or young person in respect of whom the conference is convened) is made available to the conference.

  2. If it is appropriate for any person to attend a family group conference for the purpose of conveying to that conference any information or advice required by that conference to carry out its functions, that person may attend that conference for that purpose, but may otherwise attend the conference only with the agreement of the conference.

  3. Subsection (2) is subject to section 251.

Notes
  • Section 255: replaced, on , by section 9 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 2).