101Record of youth warning

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101 Record of youth warning

(1) A police officer who gives a youth warning to a child must make a record of the youth warning.

(2) The record must—

(b) contain any prescribed information.

A youth warning must not be recorded on a child's criminal record or form part of the child's criminal history, and the giving of a youth warning in respect of an alleged offence is not to be treated as a finding of guilt that the child committed the offence—see section 139.

Part 4.3—Youth cautions