Non-Accountable Undertaking – A child can be sentenced and released on an undertaking with certain condition/s. This undertaking can be made by either the child or the parent and is usually for six months.
The court has no power to enforce the undertaking and the court cannot take any action against the child or parent if they do not comply with the undertaking.
s.363 Children, Youth & Families Act 2005
Non-accountable undertaking
(1) If the Court finds a child guilty of an offence, whether indictable or summary, the Court may, without conviction, dismiss the charge and order that—
(a) the child; and
(b) if required, the child‘s parent—
give an undertaking, with or without conditions, to do or refrain from doing the act or acts specified in the undertaking for a period not exceeding 6 months or, in exceptional circumstances, 12 months.
(2) An undertaking may be given in relation to one, or more than one, offence.
