496Annual review report—consultation

496 Annual review report—consultation (1) This section applies if the director-general is preparing an annual review report for a child or young person. (2) Before the director-general finalises the report, the director-general must, as far as is practicable and if the director-general considers it is in the child’s or young person’s best interests, arrange a meeting with the following people to discuss the matters that the director-general proposes to include in the report: (a) if the director-general is satisfied that the child or young person can understand and take part in the meeting—the child or young (b) each person who has daily care responsibility or long-term care

(c) if the child or young person is placed with an out-of-home carer who is— (i) a kinship carer—the kinship carer and the kinship carer’s approved kinship and foster care organisation; or (ii) for a foster carer—the foster carer and the foster carer’s approved kinship and foster care organisation; or (iii) for a residential care service—the residential care service; (d) anyone else the director-general considers appropriate. Examples—par (d) 1 the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people 2 the public advocate (3) The matters discussed at the meeting may include sensitive Note Sensitive information is defined in s 845.