# Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, Section 4: Crown Prosecutors.

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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) In section 88 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (which, amongst other things, provides that solicitors in public departments are not required to hold practising certificates) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—
“(1A) The exemption from the requirement to hold a practising certificate conferred by subsection (1) above shall not apply to solicitors who are Crown Prosecutors.”
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/23/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985/section-4
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