Section 222 Duty to consultI1

Before making an application for a youth diversion order or the variation or discharge of such an order, a chief officer of police must, if the respondent will be under the age of 18 when the application is made, consult—

Before making an application for a youth diversion order or the variation or discharge of such an order in Scotland, the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland must consult—

In this section—

• “local youth offending team” means—

  1. (a)

     the youth offending team in whose area it appears to the chief officer that the respondent lives, or

  2. (b)

     if it appears to the chief officer that the respondent lives in more than one such area, whichever one or more of the relevant youth offending teams that the chief officer considers it appropriate to consult;

• “relevant local authority” means—

  1. (a)

     the Scottish local authority in whose area it appears to the chief constable that the respondent lives, or

  2. (b)

     if it appears to the chief constable that the respondent lives in more than one such area, whichever one or more of the relevant Scottish local authorities that the chief constable considers it appropriate to consult;

• “Scottish local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

• “youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.