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