Commentary on provisions of Act Section 6: Deletion of cautions for relevant offences: Northern Ireland
This Section sets out the process for deleting records of cautions for relevant offences in Northern Ireland. It mirrors the approach to cautions in England and Wales, set out in Section 5.
	Where the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland becomes aware of cautions for relevant offences issued before the Act came into force, this Section places on that Department a duty to notify the police to enable records showing those cautions to be deleted. Subsection 6(2) provides that the police must delete the details of the caution as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving that notification.
	Subsections 6(3)(a), 6(3)(b) and 6(4) make similar provision to 4(4)(a), 4(4)(b) and 4(5) in relation to notification of relevant persons and information about cautions provided by persons other than the individual cautioned for the relevant offence.
	Subsection 5(5) sets out definitions for terms used in this Section.