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Youth Justice Act 2024
242Conviction not to be recorded when making an unsupervised order
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242 Conviction not to be recorded when making an unsupervised order
If the Children's Court makes one of the following orders in respect of a child for an offence, a conviction must not be recorded—
(a) an order dismissing the charge without a formal warning under section 243(1);
(b) an order dismissing the charge with a formal warning under section 244(1);
(c) a good behaviour order;
(d) an order imposing a fine.
Division 2—Dismissal without formal warning