New Zealand Legislation: Acts

30 Care and protection co-ordinator to seek agreement to decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conference

• (1) Where a family group conference makes any decision or recommendation, or formulates any plan, pursuant to section 29(1) or subsection (4) of this section, the care and protection co-ordinator who convened that conference shall,—

  • (a) where the conference was convened under section 18(1) on the basis of a report from a social worker or a constable,—

    • (i) communicate that decision, recommendation, or plan to that social worker or constable (or any person acting for that social worker or that constable), and to every person who will be directly involved in the implementation of the decision, recommendation, or plan; and

    • (ii) seek the agreement of that social worker or constable (or any person acting for that social worker or that constable), and of every other person to whom that decision, recommendation, or plan is communicated pursuant to subparagraph (i), to that decision, recommendation, or plan:

  • (b) where the conference was convened under section 19(2)(a) on the basis of a referral from any body, organisation, or court,—

    • (i) communicate that decision, recommendation, or plan to that body, organisation, or court, and to every person who will be directly involved in the implementation of that decision, recommendation, or plan; and

    • (ii) seek the agreement of that organisation or body, and of every other person (other than a court) to whom that decision, recommendation, or plan is communicated pursuant to subparagraph (i), to that decision, recommendation, or plan.

  (2) Where, pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (b)(i) of subsection (1), a care and protection co-ordinator meets with any person, body, organisation, or court for the purpose of communicating to that person, body, organisation, or court any decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by a family group conference, the care and protection co-ordinator may be accompanied by a person nominated by that family group conference.

  (3) Where a care and protection co-ordinator is unable to secure agreement, under subsection (1), to a decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by a family group conference, the care and protection co-ordinator may, for the purpose of enabling that conference to reconsider that decision, recommendation, or plan, reconvene that conference.

  (4) Any family group conference reconvened under subsection (3) may confirm, rescind, or modify its previous decision, recommendation, or plan, or rescind its previous decision, recommendation, or plan and make or formulate a new decision, recommendation, or plan.

  (5) Any decision, recommendation, or plan confirmed or modified under subsection (4), and any new decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated under that subsection, shall be deemed to have been made or formulated pursuant to section 29.

  Section 30(1)(a): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).

  Section 30(1)(a)(i): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).

  Section 30(1)(a)(ii): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).