738Effect of orders made under this Part

738 Effect of orders made under this Part

(1) If a CAYPINS enforcement order or a CAYPINS cancellation order is made in relation to an offence alleged to have been committed by a child—

(a) the child is not taken to have been convicted of the offence; and

(b) the child is not liable to any further proceeding for the alleged offence; and

(c) the making of the order does not in any way affect or prejudice any civil claim, action or proceeding arising out of the same facts and circumstances; and

(d) payment in accordance with the order is not an admission of liability for the purpose of, and does not in any way affect or prejudice, any civil claim, action or proceeding arising out of the same facts and circumstances.

(2) Any amount recovered as a result of a CAYPINS enforcement order is to be dealt with in the same way as an amount recovered as a result of a conviction.

(3) Despite anything to the contrary in this section, the making of a CAYPINS enforcement order or a CAYPINS cancellation order for an offence which is a traffic infringement within the meaning of the Road Safety Act 1986 does not prevent demerit points being incurred under Part 4 of that Act in relation to that infringement.