YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 16
YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 16
(1) Subject to this
section, if a youth is to be charged with an offence
to which this Act applies, the charge must be laid before the Court.
(2) The DPP may,
instead of laying a charge of an offence against a youth before the Court, lay
the charge before the Magistrates Court if—
(a) the
youth is charged with a major indictable offence; and
(b) the
DPP is of the opinion that the youth poses an appreciable risk to the safety
of the community and should, therefore, be dealt with in the same way as an
adult.