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(1)Schedule 9 amends the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)—
(a)to make provision for the giving of youth conditional cautions to children and young persons, F1...
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)The Secretary of State may by order amend the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), as amended by Schedule 9, so as to vary the provision made by it for the giving of youth conditional cautions to children and young persons under the age of 16 (including doing so by adding or omitting any provision).
Textual Amendments
F1S. 48(1)(b) and preceding word omitted (8.4.2013) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 29 (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)
Commencement Information
I1S. 48(1)(a) in force at 1.2.2009 by S.I. 2009/140, art. 2(a)
I2S. 48(1)(b) in force at 16.11.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/2780, art. 2(1)(a)
(1)Schedule 10 amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53) so as to provide for the protection of spent cautions.
(2)The provisions of Schedule 10 (and this section) extend only to England and Wales.
Commencement Information
I3S. 49 in force at 19.12.2008 by S.I. 2008/3260, art. 2(1)(a)
(1)Part 5 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) (certificates of criminal records) is amended as follows.
(2)In section 112 (criminal conviction certificates)—
(a)in the definition of “central records”, after “convictions” insert “ and conditional cautions ”;
(b)after that definition insert—
““conditional caution” means a caution given under section 22 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) or section 66A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, other than one that is spent for the purposes of Schedule 2 to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.”
(3)In section 113A(6) (criminal record certificates)—
(a)in the definition of “exempted question”, after “a question” insert “which—
“(a)so far as it applies to convictions, is a question”;
(b)in that definition, at the end insert “; and—
“(b)so far as it applies to cautions, is a question to which paragraph 3(3) or (4) of Schedule 2 to that Act has been excluded by an order of the Secretary of State under paragraph 4 of that Schedule;”;
(c)in the definition of “relevant matter”, after “caution” insert “ , including a caution that is spent for the purposes of Schedule 2 to that Act ”.
(4)This section extends to England and Wales only.
Commencement Information
I4S. 50 in force at 19.12.2008 by S.I. 2008/3260, art. 2(1)(b)