Section 263 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Youth Justice Co-ordinator to seek agreement to decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conference

263 Youth Justice 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 260 of this Act or subsection (4) of this section, the Youth Justice Co-ordinator who convened that conference shall— (a) Where the conference was convened under section 247(a) of this Act on the basis of a report from an enforcement officer,— (i) Communicate that decision, recommendation, or plan to that enforcement officer (or any person acting for that enforcement officer),

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 enforcement officer (or any person acting for that enforcement officer),

and of every other person to whom that decision, recommendation, or plan is communicated pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, to that decision, recommendation, or plan: (b) Where the conference was convened under section 247(b) or (d) or (e) of this Act,— (i) Communicate that decision, recommendation, or plan to the informant or intended informant in the proceedings for the offence or alleged offence to which the conference relates (or to any person acting for that informant or intended informant),

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 person, and of every other person to whom that decision, recommendation, or plan is communicated pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, to that decision, recommendation, or plan: (c) Where the conference was convened under section 247(c) of this Act, communicate that decision, recommendation, or plan to the Court. (2) Where, pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (b)(i) of subsection (1) of this section, a Youth Justice Co-ordinator meets with any person for the purpose of communicating to that person any decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by a family group conference, the Youth Justice Co-ordinator may be accompanied by a person nominated by that family group conference. (3) Where a Youth Justice Co-ordinator is unable to secure agreement, under subsection (1) of this section, to a decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by a family group conference, the Youth Justice Co-ordinator may reconvene that conference for the purpose of enabling that conference to reconsider that decision, recommendation, or plan. (4) Any family group conference reconvened under subsection (3) of this section 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) of this section, 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 260 of this Act.