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Young Offenders Act 1997
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#### 17 Records of warnings
17 Records of warnings
> > (1) An investigating official must make a record of any warnings given by the official under this Part.
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> > (2) The record is to contain the matters prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
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> > (3) Despite anything to the contrary in the [State Records Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-017) or any other law, the Commissioner of Police is to ensure that any record made under this section of a warning is destroyed or expunged (as the case requires) as soon as is reasonably practicable after the person to whom the record relates reaches the age of 21 years.
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> > Note.
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> > The Commissioner of Police may delegate this function. See section 31 of the [Police Act 1990](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1990-047).
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> > (4) This section does not require that a record made under this section be destroyed or expunged if the record is held by one of the following—
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> > > (a) the Australian Bureau of Statistics,
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> > > (b) the Australian Institute of Criminology,
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> > > (c) the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research,
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> > > (d) the Ombudsman.
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> **s 17:** Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.12 \[1\] \[2\]; 2007 No 73, Sch 4 \[11\]; 2012 No 67, Sch 3.5 \[2\]; 2013 No 35, Sch 6 \[1\] \[2\]; 2013 No 80, Sch 15 \[1\].