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Section 31(5).
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 1 repealed (4.9.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(3), Sch.11; S.I. 1995/1957, art.6
2E+W[F2In section 19 of that Act (in cases triable either way, court to begin by considering which mode of trial appears more suitable) the following subsection shall be added at the end—
“(5)The power of the Director of Public Prosecutions under subsection (4) above to apply for an offence to be tried on indictment shall not be exercised except with the consent of the Attorney General.”]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 1 para. 2 repealed (18.6.2012 for specified purposes, 5.11.2012 for specified purposes, 28.5 2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 37 Pt. 4; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(d)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(1)(d)(2)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)
3E+W[F3In section 25 of that Act (power to change from summary trial to committal proceedings and vice versa), in subsection (3) before the word “proceed ” there shall be inserted “subject to subsection (3A) below ” and after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(3A)Where the prosecution is being carried on by the Attorney General or the Solicitor General, the court shall not exercise the power conferred by subsection (3) above without his consent and, where the prosecution is being carried on by the Director of Public Prosecutions, shall not exercise that power if the Attorney General directs that it should not be exercised.”]
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 1 para. 3 repealed (18.6.2012 for specified purposes, 5.11.2012 for specified purposes, 28.5 2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 37 Pt. 4; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(d)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(1)(d)(2)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)
4E+WIn paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (meaning of “discontinuance ” in relation to criminal proceedings), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted after sub-paragraph (a)—
“(aa)in England and Wales, if they are discontinued by virtue of section 23 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985;”.
5E+WAfter paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to that Act there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“9AWhere proceedings in England and Wales have been discontinued by virtue of section 23 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, but notice is given by the accused under subsection (7) of that section to the effect that he wants the proceedings to continue, they become active again with the giving of that notice.”
6E+WIn section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (which provides that the costs of a medical practitioner reporting to a court are to be recoverable as witness costs), in subsection (2)—
(a)the words from “and ”, where it first appears, to “funds ”, and the words from “and ”, where it next appears, to the end of the subsection, shall be omitted; and
(b)for the words “they apply ” there shall be substituted “it applies ”.
7(1)Schedule 9 to the Administration of Justice Act 1970 shall be amended as follows.E+W
(2)After paragraph 1 there shall be inserted—
“1AWhere a magistrates’ court makes an order as to costs to be paid by the accused in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.”
(3)In paragraph 4, for the words “orders him to pay the whole or part of the costs incurred in or about the prosecution and conviction ” there shall be substituted “makes an order as to costs to be paid by him ”.
(4)After paragraph 4 there shall be inserted—
“4AWhere the Crown Court makes an order as to costs to be paid by the accused in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.”
(5)For paragraphs 6 and 7 there shall be substituted the following—
“6Where the criminal division of the Court of Appeal makes an order as to costs to be paid by—
(a)an appellant;
(b)an applicant for leave to appeal to that court; or
(c)in the case of an application for leave to appeal to the House of Lords, an applicant who was the appellant before the criminal division.”.
(6)In paragraph 9, for “section 18 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 ” there shall be substituted “regulations made under section 19(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 ”.
(7)For paragraph 13 there shall be substituted the following—
“13Where a magistrates’ court makes an order as to costs to be paid by the prosecutor in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.”
(8)Paragraph 15 shall be omitted.
(9)After paragraph 16 there shall be inserted—
16AWhere the criminal division of the Court of Appeal makes an order as to costs to be paid by the respondent or, in the case of an application for leave to appeal to the House of Lords, an applicant who was the respondent before the criminal division, and does so in exercise of any power in that behalf conferred by regulations made under section 19(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.”
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 1 para. 8 omitted (1.10.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 7 para. 10 (with Sch. 7 Pt. 4); S.I. 2012/2412, art. 2(g)
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
9E+WIn section 52(3) of the [F5Senior Courts Act 1981] (ambit of Crown Court rules in relation to awards of costs) for the words “Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 ” there shall be substituted “Part II of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 ” and for the words from “is ” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted “in relation to costs of proceedings in the Crown Court, is contained in section 18 of that Act or in regulations made under section 19 of that Act (awards of party and party costs in criminal proceedings) ”.
10E+WIn section 52(4) of that Act, for the words “Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 ” there shall be substituted “Part II of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 ”.
Prospective
11E+WIn section 77 of the [F5Senior Courts Act 1981] (Crown Court rules to prescribe minimum and maximum period which may elapse between committal and beginning of trial), for the words “and maximum periods ”, in subsection (3), there shall be substituted “period ”.
Section 31(6).
Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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1911 c. 6. | The Perjury Act 1911. | Section 9. |
1915 c. 90. | The Indictments Act 1915. | In section 5, in subsection (1) the words from “and may make such order ” to the end and in paragraph (c) of subsection (5), the words “as to costs and ”. |
Section 6. | ||
1933 c. 36. | The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933. | In section 2(2)(b), the words from “or pursuant ” to “Act 1911 ”. |
1966 c. 34. | The Industrial Development Act 1966. | In section 8(12), the words “the Director of Public Prosecutions ”. |
1967 c. 80. | The Criminal Justice Act 1967. | In section 32(2), the words from “and ” where it first appears to “funds ” and from “and ” where it next appears to the end. |
1968 c. 19. | The Criminal Appeal Act 1968. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 3. |
1968 c. 73. | The Transport Act 1968. | In paragraph 10 of Schedule 8, the words “the Director of Public Prosecutions ”. |
1970 c. 31. | The Administration of Justice Act 1970. | In Schedule 9, paragraph 15. |
1972 c. 68. | The European Communities Act 1972. | In section 11(1), the words “in England or Wales or ” and “section 9 of the Perjury Act 1911 or ”. |
1973 c. 14. | The Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973. | The whole Act. |
1973 c. 15. | The Administration of Justice Act 1973. | Section 17. |
1976 c. 63. | The Bail Act 1976. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 6. |
1979 c. 31. | The Prosecution of Offences Act 1979. | The whole Act. |
1980 c. 43. | The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. | In section 25(3), the words from “but ” to the end. |
Section 30(3). | ||
1981 c. 54. | The [F5Senior Courts Act 1981] . | In section 77, in subsection (1) the words “and the maximum ” and, in subsection (2), paragraph (b) and the word “and ” before it. |
1982 c. 44. | The Legal Aid Act 1982. | In section 13, subsections (1) to (4). |
1983 c. 2. | The Representation of the People Act 1983. | In section 181, subsections (4) and (8). |
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