Part 5Disclosure

I132Initial duty of disclosure by prosecutor

In the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) (in this Part referred to as “the 1996 Act”), in subsection (1)(a) of section 3 (primary disclosure by prosecutor)—

a

for “in the prosecutor’s opinion might undermine” there is substituted “ might reasonably be considered capable of undermining ”;

b

after “against the accused” there is inserted “ or of assisting the case for the accused ”.