The following section shall be inserted in the M1 Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, after section 7—
(1)The Director may designate, for the purposes of this section, members of the staff of the Crown Prosecution Service who are not Crown Prosecutors.
(2)A person so designated shall have the powers of a Crown Prosecutor in relation to any application for, or relating to, bail in criminal proceedings, but shall exercise those powers subject to instructions given to him by the Director.
(3)Any such instructions may be given so as to apply generally.
(4)In this section “bail in criminal proceedings" has the same meaning as it has in the Bail Act 1976 by virtue of the definition in section 1 of that Act.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 114 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 124(3) and S.I. 1991/608, art. 2, Sch.
Marginal Citations
The following section shall be inserted in the M1 Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, after section 7—
(1)The Director may designate, for the purposes of this section, members of the staff of the Crown Prosecution Service who are not Crown Prosecutors.
(2)A person so designated shall have the powers of a Crown Prosecutor in relation to any application for, or relating to, bail in criminal proceedings, but shall exercise those powers subject to instructions given to him by the Director.
(3)Any such instructions may be given so as to apply generally.
(4)In this section “bail in criminal proceedings" has the same meaning as it has in the Bail Act 1976 by virtue of the definition in section 1 of that Act.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 114 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 124(3) and S.I. 1991/608, art. 2, Sch.
Marginal Citations