Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Prosecution of children and young persons

270: Family group conference may reconvene to review its decisions, recommendations, and plans

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"A family group conference can meet again to check its earlier decisions and plans."

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If you are part of a family group conference, you can meet again to review decisions made earlier. A youth justice co-ordinator can call another meeting on their own or if at least two members of the conference ask for it. They can review decisions, recommendations, or plans made at the earlier meeting.

If a decision was made under section 261, the youth justice co-ordinator who organised the conference must call another meeting if the chief executive, an iwi social service, a cultural social service, or the director of a child and family support service asks them to. The co-ordinator can also call another meeting at any time on their own or if at least two members of the conference ask for it. The chief executive can only ask for a meeting if they have to make the decision, recommendation, or plan work, as required under section 34.

An iwi social service, a cultural social service, or the director of a child and family support service can ask for a meeting only if they are involved in making the decision, recommendation, or plan work and have agreed to it under section 30. When a family group conference meets again, the same rules apply as for the first meeting, as outlined in sections 250 to 269.

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Part 4Youth justice
Prosecution of children and young persons

270Family group conference may reconvene to review its decisions, recommendations, and plans

  1. Where any decision, recommendation, or plan is made or formulated by a family group conference pursuant to this Part, a youth justice co-ordinator may from time to time, at that co-ordinator's own motion or at the request of at least 2 members of that conference, reconvene that conference for the purpose of reviewing that decision, recommendation, or plan.

  2. However, for the purpose of reviewing a decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by a family group conference under section 261, the youth justice co-ordinator who convened the conference—

  3. must reconvene the conference if required to do so by the chief executive, an iwi social service, a cultural social service, or the director of a child and family support service; and
    1. may reconvene the conference at any time, at the co-ordinator's own motion or at the request of at least 2 members of that conference.
      1. The chief executive may require a youth justice co-ordinator to reconvene a family group conference under subsection (1A)(a) only if the chief executive is required under section 34 to give effect to the decision, recommendation, or plan to be reviewed.

      2. An iwi social service, a cultural social service, or the director of a child and family support service may require a youth justice co-ordinator to reconvene a family group conference under subsection (1A)(a) only if the service is directly involved in the implementation of the decision, recommendation, or plan to be reviewed and has agreed to it under section 30.

      3. Sections 250 to 269 shall apply, with all necessary modifications, with respect to every family group conference reconvened under this section.

      Notes
      • Section 270(1A): inserted, on , by section 35 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Vulnerable Children) Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 41).
      • Section 270(1A)(a): amended, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
      • Section 270(1B): inserted, on , by section 35 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Vulnerable Children) Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 41).
      • Section 270(1B): amended, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
      • Section 270(1C): inserted, on , by section 35 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Vulnerable Children) Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 41).