432Interim matters—court-ordered meeting

432 Interim matters—court-ordered meeting (1) A court-ordered meeting for a care and protection order for a child or (a) must be attended by— (ii) someone who has daily care responsibility for the child or (iii) someone who has long-term care responsibility for the (b) may be attended by— (i) any party to the proceeding; and (ii) the representative of any party to the proceeding; and Note Representation of children and young people is dealt with in the Court Procedures Act 2004, pt 7A (Procedural provisions—proceedings involving children). (iii) anyone else who was given a copy of the application under section 427 (Care and protection orders—who must be given application); and (iv) with the leave of the court—anyone who has an interest in the proceeding.

(2) The Childrens Court must appoint a suitable person to preside at the court-ordered meeting. Examples—suitable people 1 a mediator providing community-based mediation services 2 a registrar of the court (3) However, the Childrens Court must not appoint anyone mentioned in subsection (1) who is attending the court-ordered meeting to preside at the meeting. (4) The person presiding at a court-ordered meeting must report the outcome of the court-ordered meeting to the Childrens Court.