45Explanation for participants

45 Explanation for participants Before a restorative justice conference begins, the convenor must ensure that reasonable steps are taken to explain to each person who is to take part in the conference (in language that each can readily understand)— (a) the objects of this Act in relation to the conference, including the purpose of restorative justice generally and for the particular (c) that the person may, before and after the conference is called, seek independent legal advice about taking part in a restorative justice conference and about the effect of any restorative justice agreement reached at a conference; and (d) that no-one is under an obligation to take part in the conference, or to continue to take part in conference after it has started; and

Conduct of conference Division 8.3 Section 46