Section 373 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Persons entitled to be present at hearing of application under section 371

373 Persons entitled to be present at hearing of application under section 371 (1) No person shall be present during the hearing of an application under section 371 of this Act in respect of a child or young person except— (a) Officers of the Court: (b) The child or young person: (c) Any parent or guardian of the child or young person: (d) Any near relative of the child or young person: (e) Any member of the child's or young person's whanau or family group: (f) Any person who had the care of the child or young person immediately before the child or young person was placed in the residence: (g) Any barrister or solicitor representing the child or young person or any parent or guardian of the child or young person: (h) Any lay advocate who appears in support of— (i) The child or young person; or (ii) Any parent or guardian of the child or young person: (i) The manager of the residence in which the child or young person is detained, or a representative of that manager: (j) Any Social Worker: (k) Witnesses: (l) Any person whom the Court permits to be present. (2) Any witness shall, if asked to do so by the Judge, leave the courtroom or other room where the hearing is held. (3) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section limits any other power of the Court to hear the application in private or to exclude any person from the Court. Subsection (1)(i) was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “ manager ” for “ Director ” .