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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 14

14 .         Records of young offenders, duty to keep

        (1)         The chief executive officer is to keep records of every young person who is detained or who is dealt with under this Act for an offence.

        (2)         The records are to include — 

            (a)         such information as is required to identify the young person;

            (b)         details of any detention or any way in which the young person has been dealt with for an offence;

            (c)         records of every finding by the court that a young person is guilty of an offence and every conviction of a young person of an offence;

            (d)         details as to the way in which — 

                  (i)         terms specified by a juvenile justice team in dealing with an alleged offender are being, or have been, complied with;

                  (ii)         effect is being, or has been, given to an order that has been made under this Act by the court dealing with a person for an offence;

                and

            (e)         such other information, if any, as is required by the regulations to be kept.

        (3)         Despite subsections (1) and (2), the regulations may provide for the destruction or disposal of records on the basis of their age or such other criteria as are prescribed.



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