The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 No. 1504 (NI. 9)

PART VI SENTENCING AND OTHER POWERS

Preliminary

Power to notify appropriate authority if child’s welfare requires it

33.  Where a child is charged with an offence and a court—

(a) finds him not guilty; or

(b) finds him guilty but does not pass a custodial sentence or a community sentence,

the court may, if the court considers that his welfare requires it, notify the appropriate authority of such matters as the court thinks fit.