Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If a youth is diverted in relation to an offence and the diversion is completed to the satisfaction of a police officer, no criminal investigation or criminal legal proceedings can be commenced or continued against the youth in respect of the offence.
(2) Any admission made or information given by a youth during the course of diversion in relation to an offence is not admissible in any subsequent criminal or civil proceedings in relation to the offence.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not prevent the admission of evidence that has been properly obtained in accordance with the Police Administration Act 1978 and this Act.