12Caution administered by community representative

12 Caution administered by community representative

(1)  If a formal caution is to be administered to a youth who is or considers himself or herself to be a member of a religious, ethnic or other community group and the authorised police officer who would, but for this section, administer the formal caution considers it appropriate, the caution may be administered by a representative of that group approved by that authorised police officer despite section 10 .

(2)  A formal caution may only be administered by a representative of a religious, ethnic or other community group at the request, and in the presence, of an authorised police officer.

(3)  If a representative of a religious, ethnic or other community group administers a formal caution –

(a) section 10 applies as if the representative were an authorised police officer; and

(b) the caution must contain, in addition to the information specified in section 10(4)(c) , the name of the representative, the name or other identification of the community group and the name and rank of the authorised police officer in whose presence the caution was administered.