Part VIMiscellaneous and Supplemental

Miscellaneous

I1114 Bail applications.

The following section shall be inserted in the M1 Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, after section 7—

7A Bail applications.

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.