• The act established the
Youth Justice Agency • The act established the Northern Ireland Youth Conferencing Service • The act creates the new offices of
Attorney General for Northern Ireland and the
Advocate General for Northern Ireland • The act established the
Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland. • The act established the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland and the Chief Inspector for Criminal Justice • The act established the
Northern Ireland Law Commission • The act established new community sentences • The act established a statutory aim to "protect the public by preventing offending and reoffending by children" • The act establishes the role of "lay magistrate" as part of the youth justice measures The act also transfers the power to remove or suspend a person holding a listed judicial office, so that it is now exercisable by the Lord Chief Justice. At the time, there was some discomfort with the concept of "lay magistrate" among
justices of the peace. The youth justice measures have two types of disposal: • diversionary conference: referred by the public prosecution service • court-ordered conference == Reception ==