Section 261 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Family group conference may make decisions, recommendations, and plans relating to care or protection of child or young person

261 Family group conference may make decisions, recommendations, and plans relating to care or protection of child or young person (1) Where any family group conference convened under this Part of this Act considers that the child or young person in respect of whom that conference is held is in need of care or protection (within the meaning of section 14 of this Act), that conference may, with the prior agreement of a Care and Protection Co-ordinator, make or formulate such decisions, recommendations, and plans as it considers necessary or desirable in relation to the care or protection of the child or young person. (2) Every such decision, recommendation, or plan shall be deemed to have been made or formulated pursuant to section 29 of this Act, and the provisions of sections 30 to 38 of this Act shall apply, so far as applicable and with all necessary modifications, with respect to the decision, recommendation, or plan. (3) Every family group conference to which this section applies shall be deemed, for the purposes of Parts 2 and 3 of this Act, to be a family group conference convened pursuant to Part 2 of this Act.