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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-new-method-of-instituting-proceedings-specification-of-relevant-prosecutors-order-2016/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/430",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (New Method of Instituting Proceedings) (Specification of Relevant Prosecutors) Order 2016",
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  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Authorisation to issue only written charges and single justice procedure notices",
  "text": "The persons specified in articles 3 to 8 and any person authorised by them to institute criminal proceedings are authorised to issue only written charges and single justice procedure notices.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/430/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:25:00.565087+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}