35. Permission of Council for application by family respondent to vary or revoke family exclusion order or family visit limit

For the purposes of determining whether permission for an application (by a family respondent) to vary or revoke a family exclusion order or a family visit limit is to be granted under section 166(2) of the Act, the Council may, in addition to considering the matters referred to in section 166(3) of the Act, do one or both of the following:

appoint an officer of the Council or a suitably qualified person to conduct an interview with the family respondent and any family member for whose benefit the order or visit limit was made, and to report his or her findings to the Council;

require the family respondent to participate in a programme of counselling, rehabilitation or special education.

The family respondent and his or her family members are not entitled to any copy of a report made under paragraph (1)(a).

For the purposes of determining whether permission for an application (by a family respondent) to vary or revoke a family exclusion order or a family visit limit is to be granted under section 166(2) of the Act, the Council may, in addition to considering the matters referred to in section 166(3) of the Act, do one or both of the following:

appoint an officer of the Council or a suitably qualified person to conduct an interview with the family respondent and any family member for whose benefit the order or visit limit was made, and to report his or her findings to the Council;

require the family respondent to participate in a programme of counselling, rehabilitation or special education.

The family respondent and his or her family members are not entitled to any copy of a report made under paragraph (1)(a).