282 Power of court to discharge information
(1)Where an information is laid charging a young person with a summary offence or with an indictable offence (other than a purely indictable offence), a Youth Court, after inquiry into the circumstances of the case, may discharge the information.
(2)An information discharged under subsection (1) shall be deemed never to have been laid.
(3)If it is satisfied that the charge against the young person is proved, the court may make an order under any of the provisions of paragraphs (e) to (j) of section 283—
(a)when it discharges the information; or
(b)at any earlier time after it completes the inquiry referred to in subsection (1).
(4)The court must not exercise the power in subsection (3)(b) unless section 281(1) is complied with.