Criminal Justice Act 1987

Serious Fraud Office

1 The Serious Fraud Office.

2 Director’s investigation powers.

3 Disclosure of information.

Transfer of cases to Crown Court

4 Notices of transfer and designated authorities.

5 Notices of transfer— procedure.

6 Applications for dismissal.

Preparatory hearings

7 Power to order preparatory hearing.

8 Commencement of trial and arraignment.

9 The preparatory hearing.

9A Orders before preparatory hearing.

10 Later stages of trial.

Reporting restrictions

11 Restrictions on reporting.

11A Offences in connection with reporting.

Conspiracy to defraud

12 Charges of and penalty for conspiracy to defraud.

Part II General and Supplementary

13 Northern Ireland.

14 Financial provision.

15 Minor and consequential amendments.

16 Commencement.

SCHEDULE 1 The Serious Fraud Office

1There shall be paid to the Director of the Serious...

2The Director shall appoint such staff for the Serious Fraud...

3(1) As soon as practicable after 4th April in any...

4(1) Where any enactment (whenever passed) prohibits the taking of...

5(1) Where the Director has the conduct of any criminal...

6(1) Where the Director or any member of the Serious...

7(1) The Attorney General may make regulations requiring the chief...

8(1) The Attorney General may, with the approval of the...

9(1) Any power to make regulations under this Schedule shall...

SCHEDULE 2 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (c. 36.)

1(1) The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (a)...

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80.)

2At the end of section 11(8) of the Criminal Justice...

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19.)

3At the end of subsection (1) of section 33 of...

4In section 36 of that Act (bail on appeal by...

5In section 38 of that Act (presence of defendant at...

Prosecution of Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I., 1972, No. 538 N.I. 1.)

6In Article 5(3) of the Prosecution of Offences (Northern Ireland)...

7, 8. . . . . . . . . ....

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63.)

9The following subsection shall be inserted after section 3(8) of...

10In section 76 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (alteration...

11In section 77(1) of that Act (by virtue of which...

12In section 81(1)(a) of that Act (power of Crown Court...

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23.)

13In section 3(2) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985...

14The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (a) of...

15The following subsection shall be inserted after section 16(4) of...

16At the end of subsection (2)(b) of section 18 of...

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Criminal Justice Act 1987

1987 CHAPTER 38

An Act to make further provision for the investigation of and trials for fraud; and for connected purposes.

[15th May 1987]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:—