Children Act, 2001
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PART 2 Family Welfare Conferences | ||
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Convening of family welfare conference. |
7.—(1) Where— | |
(a) a health board receives a direction from the Children Court under section 77 to convene a family welfare conference in respect of a child, or | ||
(b) it appears to a health board that a child who resides or is found in its area may require special care or protection which the child is unlikely to receive unless a court makes an order in respect of him or her under Part IVA (inserted by this Act) of the Act of 1991, | ||
the health board shall appoint a person (in this Part referred to as a “coordinator”) to convene on its behalf a family welfare conference in respect of the child. | ||
(2) The coordinator shall act as chairperson of a family welfare conference. | ||
(3) A health board may direct that a family welfare conference shall consider such matters in relation to the child as the health board considers appropriate. |