Section 32 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Records of decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conferences to be made available to interested persons

32 Records of decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conferences to be made available to interested persons (1) Every Care and Protection Co-ordinator who convenes a family group conference under this Part of this Act shall ensure that a copy of every record made pursuant to section 29(3) of this Act in relation to that conference is given or sent to— (a) The child or young person in respect of whom the conference was convened, unless the child or young person would be unable, by reason of its age or level of maturity, to understand the contents of the record; and (b) Every person who is a parent or guardian of that child or young person or has the care of that child or young person; and (c) Any barrister or solicitor or lay advocate representing the child or young person; and (d) Any other person who is or will be directly affected by any decision, recommendation, or plan detailed in that record; and (e) Where there is an appropriate Iwi Social Service or Cultural Social Service with respect to the child or young person, that Social Service; and (f) The appropriate Care and Protection Resource Panel. (2) Where any child or young person is the subject of any proceedings under this Act before any Court, a copy of the record made pursuant to section 29(3) of this Act in respect of any family group conference held in relation to that child or young person shall be made available to that Court. Subsection (1)(e) was substituted, as from 8 January 1995, by section 46 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).