# Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 121: Interpretation of Part 6

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/121 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022/section-121
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