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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 31
Cautions by courts
31 Cautions by courts
(1) A child may be given a caution by a court if-- (a) the offence is one for
which a caution may be given under Division 1 or is a graffiti offence, and
(b) the child admits the offence.
(1A) If a court gives a caution under this
section, the court must dismiss the proceedings for the offence in respect of
which the caution is given.
(1B) A court giving a caution may-- (a) allow any
victim of the offence concerned to prepare a written statement that describes
the harm occasioned to the victim by the offence, and
(b) if it considers it
appropriate to do so, may permit all or part of the statement to be read to
the child when giving the caution.
(1C) The regulations may make provision
for or with respect to the content and form of written statements under
subsection (1B).
(2) This Part (other than this section and sections 32 and
33) does not apply to a caution given by a court.
(3) Nothing in this Part
affects the power of a court to give a caution under section 33 of the
Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 .
(4) A court that gives a caution
under this section must notify, in writing, the Area Commander of the local
police area in which the offence occurred of its decision to give the caution
and must include the reasons why the caution was given.
(5) Despite any other
provision of this section, a court may not give a caution to a child in
relation to an offence if the child has been dealt with by caution on 3 or
more occasions-- (a) whether by or at the request of a police officer or
specialist youth officer under section 29 or by a court under this section,
and
(b) whether for offences of the same or of a different kind.
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