Part 5Dealing with young offenders without taking court proceedings

Part 5 — Dealing with young offenders without taking court proceedings

Division 1 — Cautioning

22A. Purpose of this Division 56

22B. Police officer to consider alternatives to court proceedings 56

22. Cautions may be given except for certain offences 56

23. Cautioning to be preferred in certain cases 57

23A. Caution certificate to be given 57

23B. Police officer may retain a thing relating to an offence 58

Division 2 — Referral to juvenile justice team

24. Principles 59

25. Only certain matters may be referred to teams 59

26. Release of young person under arrest 61

27. Referral to team by prosecutor 61

28. Referral to team by court 61

29. First offenders usually should be referred to team 62

30. Role of responsible adult 62

31. Role of victim 63

32. Powers of juvenile justice team 64

33. Effect on liability to be dealt with by court 65

34. Civil liability not affected 66

Division 3 — Juvenile justice teams

35. Terms used 66

36. Juvenile Justice Team Coordinator, appointment of 66

37. Establishing juvenile justice teams 67

37A. No representation by lawyer or agent 68

38. Decisions to be unanimous 68

39. Records to be kept 68

40. No report of proceedings to be published 69