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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 154

Finding of guilt as child may be disclosed while a child

154 Finding of guilt as child may be disclosed while a child

(1) A finding of guilt against a child by a court for an offence, whether or not a conviction has been recorded, is part of the criminal history of the child to which regard may be had by a court that subsequently sentences the child for any offence as a child.
(2) Subsection (1) applies despite the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 .
(3) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a finding of guilt against a child by a court for an offence if—
(a) the offence was referred to the chief executive for a restorative justice process under section 163 (1) (d) (i) ; and
(b) a restorative justice agreement was made as a consequence of the referral.



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