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Youth Justice Act 1992
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### sec.283 Confidential information to which this part applies
This part applies to confidential information relating to a child who is being, or has been, dealt with under this Act.
The ways that a child may be dealt with under this Act include—
being investigated for an offence; and
being detained; and
participating in a restorative justice process; and
being cautioned, prosecuted or sentenced for an offence.
This part continues to apply to the information after the child becomes an adult.
This part also applies to confidential information relating to an adult who is being, or has been, dealt with under this Act for a child offence, as if he or she were still a child.
s 283 ins 2002 No. 39 s 109
amd 2016 No. 39 s 31
(sec.283-ssec.1) This part applies to confidential information relating to a child who is being, or has been, dealt with under this Act.
(sec.283-ssec.2) The ways that a child may be dealt with under this Act include— being investigated for an offence; and being detained; and participating in a restorative justice process; and being cautioned, prosecuted or sentenced for an offence.
(sec.283-ssec.3) This part continues to apply to the information after the child becomes an adult.
(sec.283-ssec.4) This part also applies to confidential information relating to an adult who is being, or has been, dealt with under this Act for a child offence, as if he or she were still a child.
- (a) being investigated for an offence; and
- (b) being detained; and
- (c) participating in a restorative justice process; and
- (d) being cautioned, prosecuted or sentenced for an offence.