a person under the age of 18 years appears or is brought before a magistrates' court on an information charging him with an offence other than one falling within section 51A(12) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998;

but for the application of the following provisions of this section, the court would be required at that stage to make one of the determinations referred to in paragraph (b) of section 24A(1) above (“the relevant determination”);

the accused is represented by a legal representative;

the court considers that by reason of the accused’s disorderly conduct before the court it is not practicable for proceedings under section 24A above to be conducted in his presence; and

the court considers that it should proceed in the absence of the accused.

the court shall cause the charge to be written down, if this has not already been done, and to be read to the representative;

the court shall ask the representative whether (if the offence were to proceed to trial) the accused would plead guilty or not guilty;

if the representative indicates that the accused would plead guilty the court shall proceed as if the proceedings constituted from the beginning the summary trial of the information, and as if section 9(1) above was complied with and the accused pleaded guilty under it;

if the representative indicates that the accused would plead not guilty the court shall proceed to make the relevant determination and this section shall cease to apply.

asking the representative under this section whether (if the offence were to proceed to trial) the accused would plead guilty or not guilty;

an indication by the representative under this section of how the accused would plead.