Valid from 24/02/2014
Designated prosecutorsE+W
3(1)The following are designated prosecutors—E+W
(a)the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b)the Director of the Serious Fraud Office;
(c)any prosecutor designated under this paragraph by an order made by the Secretary of State.
(2)A designated prosecutor must exercise personally the power to enter into a DPA and, accordingly, any enactment that enables a function of a designated prosecutor to be exercised by a person other than the prosecutor concerned does not apply.
(3)But if the designated prosecutor is unavailable, the power to enter into a DPA may be exercised personally by a person authorised in writing by the designated prosecutor.