Explanatory Notes

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

2014 CHAPTER 12

13 March 2014

Commentary on Sections

Part 6: Local involvement and accountability

Section 103: Criminal behaviour: conditional cautions

230.Subsections (1) and (2) insert new section 23ZA into the Criminal Justice Act (which provides for conditional cautions) and new section 66BA into the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (section 66A of which provides for youth conditional cautions) respectively. A conditional caution is available for any offence although for adults some offences including domestic violence or hate crime are excluded from being offered a conditional caution. New section 23ZA of the Criminal Justice Act and new section 66BA of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 make equivalent provision in respect of conditional cautions and youth conditional cautions as section 102 does in respect of other out-of-court disposals.