Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The following persons (participants) are entitled to participate in a conference--
(a) the convenor;
(b) the child;
(c) at the child's request, 1 or more of the following--
(i) a lawyer acting for the child;
(ii) an adult member of the child's family;
(iii) another adult nominated by the child;
(d) the child's parent;
(e) the victim;
(f) at the victim's request--
(i) a lawyer acting for the victim; or
(ii) a member of the victim's family; or
(iii) a support person;
(g) a representative of--
(i) if the offence is referred to the conference by a police officer--the commissioner of the police service; or
(ii) if the offence is referred to the conference by a court--the prosecution in the proceeding for the offence;
(h) another person decided by the convenor.
Examples of paragraph (h)--
1 a representative of the chief executive
2 a member of the child's family
3 for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child who is from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, a respected member of the community or a representative of a community justice group that may be in the community
(2) To ensure that a victim of the offence is informed of the entitlement under subsection (1)(e), the following must give details of victims of the offence to a coordinator--
(a) if the offence is referred to the conference by a police officer--the referring police officer;
(b) if the offence is referred to the conference by a court--the referring court.
(3) For subsection (1)(h), if the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, the convenor must consider inviting to attend the conference either or both of the following--
(a) a respected member of the community;
(b) if there is a community justice group in the community--a representative of the community justice group.