10Formal caution

10 Formal caution

(1)  A formal caution against further offending is to be administered to the youth by an authorised police officer.

(2)  If an authorised police officer administers a formal caution against further offending, the officer may also require the youth to enter into one or more of the following undertakings:

(a) an undertaking to pay compensation, in the manner specified in the undertaking, for –

(i) loss of or damage to offence-affected property; and

(ii) injury suffered, expenses incurred or other loss suffered by the victim of the offence; and

(iii) injury suffered, expenses incurred or other loss suffered by any other person by reason of the offence;

(b) an undertaking to make restitution of offence-affected property;

(c) [Section 10 Subsection (2) amended by No. 27 of 2013, s. 9, Applied:01 Mar 2014] if the youth is 13 or more years old when required to enter into the undertaking, an undertaking to perform a specified period (of not more than 35 hours) of community service consisting of a community service activity which is for the benefit of the victim of the offence or a purpose specified in section 6A(3) ;

(ca) [Section 10 Subsection (2) amended by No. 27 of 2013, s. 9, Applied:01 Mar 2014] if the youth is less than 13 years old when required to enter into the undertaking, an undertaking to perform a specified period (of not more than 35 hours) of community service consisting of a community service activity which is for a purpose specified in section 6A(3)(a) or (c) ;

(d) an undertaking to apologise to the victim of the offence;

(e) an undertaking to do anything else that may be appropriate in the circumstances of the case.

(2A)  [Section 10 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 27 of 2013, s. 9, Applied:01 Mar 2014] An undertaking must not be required under or if the effect would be to require the youth to undertake a number of hours of community service that would, when combined with the number of hours of community service the youth still has to perform under all community service orders, or all undertakings previously entered into under one of those subsections or , total –