Inclusion of cautions and other diversionary disposals in criminal recordsN.I.
46 In Article 29 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 for paragraph (4) substitute—
“(4) The Department of Justice may by regulations make provision for recording—
(a)convictions for such offences as are specified in the regulations (“recordable offences”);
(b)cautions given in respect of recordable offences;
(c)informed warnings given in respect of recordable offences;
(d)diversionary youth conferences in respect of recordable offences.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)—
(a)“caution” means a caution given to a person in respect of an offence which, at the time when the caution is given, the person has admitted;
(b)“diversionary youth conference” has the meaning given by Part 3A of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 46 in operation at 2.11.2015 by S.R. 2015/358, art. 2(h)