(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order adds three offences under the Road Traffic Act 1972 to those contained in the Schedule to the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1985. The effect is that the duty of the Director of Public Prosecutions as head of the Crown Proscecution Service to take over the conduct of all criminal proceedings instituted on behalf of a police force will not include a duty to take over the conduct of proceedings for these further offences.