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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (New Method of Instituting Proceedings) (Public Prosecutor Specification) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/2224 · Made 7 September 2011

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Made 7th September 2011

Laid before Parliament 9th September 2011

Coming into force 3rd October 2011

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 29(5)(h) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 44.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (New Method of Instituting Proceedings) (Public Prosecutor Specification) Order 2011 and comes into force on 3rd October 2011.

2

Transport for Londonf1 is specified as a public prosecutor for the purposes of section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

J Djanogly

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

7th September 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order specifies Transport for London as a “public prosecutor” for the purposes of section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Section 29 provides public prosecutors with the power to institute criminal proceedings on the issue of a written charge and requisition.