Section 281A — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Court to consider whether family group conference should be held

281A Court to consider whether family group conference should be held Where, in respect of any offence, the holding of a family group conference has been waived pursuant to section 248 of this Act, the Court shall,— (a) Before hearing the information for that offence; or (b) Before making any order or exercising any power in any proceedings relating to or arising out of that offence, in any case where subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 281 of this Act would otherwise require a family group conference to have been held in relation to the matter,—

as the case may be, consider whether or not a family group conference should nevertheless be held in relation to the matter. Sections 281A and 281B were inserted, as from 8 January 1995, by section 38 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).