Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 66A-66H (and cross-headings before ss. 66A, 66H) inserted (1.2.2009 for the insertion of ss. 66G, 66H, 1.4.2009 for the insertion of s. 66C, 16.11.2009 for the insertion of ss. 66A, 66B, 66D-66F for specified purposes, 8.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 9 para. 3 (with Sch. 27 para. 18); S.I. 2009/140, art. 2(e)(ii); S.I. 2009/860, art. 2(1)(h); S.I. 2009/2780, art. 2(1)(c)(2); S.I. 2013/616, art. 2(b)
In this Chapter—
(a)“appropriate adult” has the meaning given by section [F266ZA(7)];
(b)“authorised person” has the meaning given by section 66A(7);
(c)“investigating officer” means an officer of Revenue and Customs, appointed in accordance with section 2(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, or a person designated as [F3 a policing support officer or a policing support volunteer] under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30);
(d)“the offender” has the meaning given by section 66A(1);
(e)“relevant prosecutor” means—
(i)the Attorney General,
F4(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii)the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions,
(iv)the Director of Public Prosecutions,
(v)the Secretary of State, or
(vi)a person who is specified in an order made by the Secretary State as being a relevant prosecutor for the purposes of this Chapter;
[F5(ea)“youth caution” has the meaning given by section 66ZA(1);]
(f)“youth conditional caution” has the meaning given by section 66A(2).]
Textual Amendments
F2Word in s. 66H(a) substituted (8.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 16(a) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)
F3Words in s. 66H(c) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 11; S.I. 2017/1139, reg. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)
F4S. 66H(e)(iii) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 16
F5S. 66H(ea) inserted (8.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 16(b) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)