Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

121 Interpretation of Part 6

In this Part—

• “the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

• “authorised person” has the meaning given by section 98(7);

• “community remedy document” means the community remedy document (as revised from time to time) published under section 101 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 for the police area where the offence in question was committed;

• “excluded offence” has the meaning given by section 98(6);

• “indictable-only offence” means an offence which, if committed by an adult, is triable only on indictment;

• “investigating officer” means—

  (a)

  an officer of Revenue and Customs appointed in accordance with section 2(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, or

  (b)

  a person designated as a policing support officer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002;

• “police detention” has the same meaning as in the 1984 Act (see section 118(2) of that Act);

• “prosecution authority” means—

  (a)

  the Attorney General;

  (b)

  the Director of Public Prosecutions;

  (c)

  the Director of the Serious Fraud Office;

  (d)

  the Secretary of State;

  (e)

  a person prescribed in regulations;

• “victim”, in relation to an offence, means the particular person who appears to have been affected, or principally affected, by the offence.