222Who is to attend a conciliation conference?

222 Who is to attend a conciliation conference? S. 222(1) amended by No. 52/2013 s. 19(2). (1) A conciliation conference is to be attended by the child's parent and the Secretary. (2) The Court may, in addition, order that any of the following attend— (b) a relative or relatives of the child; (c) in the case of an Aboriginal child, a member of the child's Aboriginal community as agreed to by the child; (d) if the child's parent is an Aboriginal person, a member of the parent's Aboriginal community as agreed to by the parent; (e) in the case of a child from an ethnic background, a member of the appropriate ethnic community who is chosen or agreed to by the child or by his or her parent; (f) if the child has a disability, an advocate for the child; (g) if the child's parent has a disability, an advocate for the parent; (h) any other support person for the child requested by the child. S. 222(3) amended by No. 52/2013 s. 19(2). (3) If a parent of the child has a legal representative, the legal representative may attend the conciliation conference. (4) If the child is mature enough to give instructions and has a separate legal representative, the legal representative may attend. S. 222(5) amended by No. 52/2013 s. 19(2). (5) If, in exceptional circumstances, the Court determines that it is in the best interests of a child who, in the opinion of the Court is not mature enough to give instructions, for the child to be legally represented at a conciliation conference, the legal representative may attend. S. 222(6) amended by No. 52/2013 s. 19(2). (6) Nothing in section 524 (except subsections (10) and (11)) or 525 applies to a conciliation conference. S. 222(7) inserted by No. 52/2013 s. 19(3). (7) A convenor or the convenors of a conciliation conference may— (a) permit any other person to attend the conference; and (b) specify whether, or in what manner, the person may participate in the conference; and (c) require the person to leave the conference at any time; and (d) require that any other specified person not attend the conference. S. 222(8) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 31. (8) A convenor of a conciliation conference may permit one or more persons referred to in this section to attend the conciliation by means of audio link or audio visual link.