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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Warnings and formal Police cautions

210: Administration of warning

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"When a police officer gives you a warning for doing something wrong"

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If you do something wrong, a police officer might decide to just warn you. The officer can give you the warning themselves, or they can ask someone else to warn you. This happens when the officer thinks a warning is enough for what you did wrong.

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Part 4Youth justice
Warnings and formal Police cautions

210Administration of warning

  1. Where, in respect of any offence alleged or admitted to have been committed by a child or young person, an enforcement officer decides that it would be sufficient to warn that child or young person, that officer may warn the child or young person, or arrange for any other person to warn the child or young person.