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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Paragraph ‘Arrange to have an appropriate adult present. If the offender is aged 16 years or under, or is 17 years of age and deemed vulnerable and there is any doubt about their capacity or ability to understand the nature or implications of the process, all the points above should take place in the presence of an appropriate adult. The appropriate adult must also be given copies of any written information given to the young person' replaced with ‘Arrange to have an appropriate adult present. If the offender is aged 17 years or under this should take place in the presence of an appropriate adult. The appropriate adult must also be given copies of any written information given to the young person.’ (two occasions) |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Added a link to the 'Get help to return home if you’re a migrant in the UK' guidance on GOV.UK. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Updated broken link to CPS legal guidance throughout and replaced UKBA with Immigration Enforcement under Foreign national offender conditional caution. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Link to the NPCC (2022) Community Resolution Guidance updated. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Amended the term 'out of court disposals' to 'out of court resolutions (disposals)' as a result of a change in terminology. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | 2012 ACPO 'Guidance on the Use of Community Resolutions (CR) Incorporating Restorative Justice' replaced by 2022 NPCC 'Community resolutions guidance'. Remove outcome 2022 guidance. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Removal of quick reference guide to out of court disposal from further information box. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Wording amended for adult, youth and foreign national conditional cautions. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Link within Further information box updated. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Amended wording to Community resolution. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Changes to youth cautions. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Removal of reference to neighbourhood justice outcomes. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Link added to restorative justice document. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Removal of misleading text. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Link to CPS (2013) The Director’s Guidance on Charging 5th Edition changed to CPS (2013) The Director’s Guidance on Adult Conditional Cautions, 7th Edition. |
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| Prosecution and case management | Possible justice outcomes following investigation | Changes to Adult Cautions which pre-empt the full review of all OoCD's (due in March 2014). |
