Record of reasons if youth warning, youth caution or early diversion group conference is inappropriate
93 Record of reasons if youth warning, youth caution or early diversion group conference is inappropriate
If a police officer makes any of the following decisions under the hierarchy of options, the police officer must make a record of the reasons for that decision—
that it is clearly inappropriate in the circumstances to give a youth warning to the child for the alleged offence;
that it is clearly inappropriate in the circumstances to give a youth caution to the child for the alleged offence;
that it is clearly inappropriate in the circumstances to refer the child to participate in an early diversion group conference for the alleged offence.
The record of reasons must—
be in the form approved by the Chief Commissioner of Police; and
address the matters specified in section 92(2); and
contain any other prescribed information.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed information
). Made under this Act:
- Youth Justice Regulations 2025 · under section 766
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.