Article 20D Exceptions from Article 20A for decisions not to prosecute etcF1

Article 20A does not apply to—

(a)

a decision not to institute criminal proceedings and, where such a decision has been made, any act done for the purpose of enabling the decision whether to institute criminal proceedings to be made;

(b)

where criminal proceedings are not continued as a result of a decision not to continue them, the decision and where such a decision has been made:

(i)

any act done for the purpose of enabling the decision whether to continue the proceedings to be made; and

(ii)

any act done for the purpose of securing that the proceedings are not continued.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: SR 2003/341

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: functions transf. by SR 1999/481