The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

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.