sec.70Attendance of parties

### sec.70 Attendance of parties The chairperson, the chief executive and the parties must attend the conference. However, subsection (1) does not require the child to attend the conference. The parties may be represented by their legal representatives at the conference. If the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for the child, or member of the entity, may attend the conference. The public guardian may attend the conference. No-one else can attend the conference without the chairperson’s approval. s 70 amd 2005 No. 40 s 15 ; 2014 No. 26 s 197 ; 2016 No. 23 s 59 ; 2017 No. 44 s 39 (sec.70-ssec.1) The chairperson, the chief executive and the parties must attend the conference. (sec.70-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not require the child to attend the conference. (sec.70-ssec.3) The parties may be represented by their legal representatives at the conference. (sec.70-ssec.4) If the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for the child, or member of the entity, may attend the conference. (sec.70-ssec.5) The public guardian may attend the conference. (sec.70-ssec.6) No-one else can attend the conference without the chairperson’s approval.