Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)

Part 3 U.K. Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders

CHAPTER 7 E+W Out of court disposals

Youth cautions E+W

137 Youth conditional cautions: references to youth offending teams E+W

In section 66A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (youth conditional cautions) after subsection (6) insert—

“(6A) If an authorised person gives a youth conditional caution to an offender, the authorised person must as soon as practicable refer the offender to a youth offending team.”