Effect of DPA on court proceedingsE+W
2(1)Proceedings in respect of the alleged offence are to be instituted by the prosecutor in the Crown Court by preferring a bill of indictment charging P with the alleged offence (see section 2(2)(ba) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (bill of indictment preferred with consent of Crown Court judge following DPA approval)).E+W
(2)As soon as proceedings are instituted under sub-paragraph (1) they are automatically suspended.
(3)The suspension may only be lifted on an application to the Crown Court by the prosecutor; and no such application may be made at any time when the DPA is in force.
(4)At a time when proceedings are suspended under sub-paragraph (2), no other person may prosecute P for the alleged offence.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 17 para. 2 in force at 24.2.2014 by S.I. 2014/258, art. 2(b)