(1) A police officer
is to refer a young person at risk to a juvenile justice team where
appropriate under the Young Offenders Act 1994 in preference to charging the
young person under this Act.
(2) In subsection (1)
—
young person at risk means an alleged offender who
is a young person —
(a) to
whom the police officer would have given a CIR, but for section 8G(1); or
(b) who
has been given a CIR and has not completed a CIS within 28 days or any further
time allowed under section 8L, unless —
(i)
the CIR has been withdrawn under section 8I; or
(ii)
the young person has elected to be prosecuted for the
alleged offence in a court.
[Section 8H inserted: No. 45 of 2010 s. 6.]