Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Rules.)
These Rules prescribe the procedure of youth conferences set up under the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (as amended by the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002). In particular they include provision for:
the convening of youth conferences;
the obtaining of information, advice and reports and the consideration of the child’s criminal record by the youth conference co-ordinator;
the procedure to be followed in the youth conference;
the time limits for diversionary youth conferences;
the power to exclude certain participants; and
the termination of a youth conference.
Rule 10 makes provision about youth conference plans, including provision about the period within which the functions of persons required to monitor compliance with youth conference plans must be performed.