YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 14
Entitlement to be dealt with by warning
YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 14
Entitlement to be dealt with by warning
14 Entitlement to be dealt with by warning
(1) A child who has committed or is alleged to have committed an offence in
respect of which a warning may be given is entitled to be dealt with by
warning.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the child is not entitled to be dealt
with by warning if--
(a) the circumstances of the offence involve violence, or
(b) in the opinion of the investigating official, it is more appropriate to
deal with it by another means because it is not in the interests of justice
for the matter to be dealt with by warning.
(3) A child is not precluded from
being given a warning merely because the child has previously committed
offences or been dealt with under this Act.
(4) If an investigating official
is of the opinion that it is not in the interests of justice to deal with a
matter by warning a child and that it is appropriate to deal with it by other
means, the investigating official must consider whether to deal with the
matter under Part 4 or to refer it to a specialist youth officer under
section 21 (2) for consideration of whether action should be taken under Part
5.
