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Section 60 Investigatory powers of DPP etc.I1I2C1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This Chapter confers powers on—

(a)

the Director of Public Prosecutions,

F1(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

the Lord Advocate, F2and

(d)

the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland,

in relation to the giving of disclosure notices in connection with the investigation of offences to which this Chapter applies F3or in connection with a terrorist investigation.

(2)

The Director of Public Prosecutions may, to such extent as he may determine, delegate the exercise of his powers under this Chapter to a Crown prosecutor.

F4(3)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

The Lord Advocate may, to such extent as he may determine, delegate the exercise of his powers under this Chapter to a procurator fiscal.

F5(4A)

The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland may, to such extent as he may determine, delegate the exercise of his powers under this Chapter to a Public Prosecutor.

(5)

In this Chapter “the Investigating Authority” means—

(a)

the Director of Public Prosecutions,

F6(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

the Lord Advocate F7,or

(d)

the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

(6)

But, in circumstances where the powers of any of those persons are exercisable by any other person by virtue of subsection (2), F8... F9(4) or (4A), references to “the Investigating Authority” accordingly include any such other person.

F10(7)

In this Chapter “terrorist investigation” means an investigation of—

(a)

the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,

(b)

any act or omission which appears to have been for the purposes of terrorism and which consists in or involves the commission, preparation or instigation of an offence, or

(c)

the commission, preparation or instigation of an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) or under Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 other than an offence under section 1 or 2 of that Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 60(1)(b) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 41(2)

F2

S. 60(1)(d) and preceding word inserted (1.12.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), s. 31(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(2); S.I. 2006/2966, art. 3

F3

Words in s. 60(1) inserted (13.4.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), ss. 33(1), 39(2); S.I. 2006/1013, art. 2(2)(b)

F4

S. 60(3) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 41(3)

F5

S. 60(4A) inserted (1.12.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), s. 31(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(3); S.I. 2006/2966, art. 3

F6

S. 60(5)(b) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 41(4)

F7

S. 60(5)(d) and preceding word inserted (1.12.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), s. 31(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(4); S.I. 2006/2966, art. 3

F8

Word in s. 60(6) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 41(5)

F9

Words in s. 60(6) substituted (1.12.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), s. 31(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(5); S.I. 2006/2966, art. 3

F10

S. 60(7) inserted (13.4.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), ss. 33(2), 39(2); S.I. 2006/1013, art. 2(2)(b)

Modifications

C1

Ss. 60-67 extended (Northern Ireland) (1.12.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 26(1), 31(3); S.I. 2006/2966, art. 3

Commencement

I1

S. 60 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(a)

I2

S. 60 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

Notes on Chapter 1

Modifications

C1

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (6.7.2020 at 1.00 p.m.) by The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/680), regs. 1(2), 37

C2

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/135), regs. 1(2), 58; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C3

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466), regs. 1(2), 46; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C4

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Burma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/136), regs. 1(2), 58; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 4(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C5

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/610), regs. 1, 35; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 8(2)

C6

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The South Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/438), regs. 1(2), 56; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 6(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C7

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Lebanon (Sanctions) (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/617), regs. 1(2), 30; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 11(2)

C8

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/855), regs. 1(2), 87; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) (as amended (30.6.2023) by S.I. 2023/713, regs. 1(2), 9)

C9

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/577), regs. 1(2), 33; S.I. 2020/1416, reg. 2(2)

C10

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Iraq (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/707), regs. 1(2), 57; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 14(2)

C11

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/573), regs. 1(2), 49; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 11(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C12

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1278), regs. 1(2), 56; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 20(2)

C13

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/618), regs. 1(2), 36; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 14(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C14

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/753), regs. 1(2), 57; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 15(2)

C15

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/600), regs. 1(2), 55; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 12(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C16

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/642), regs. 1(2), 70; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 12(2)

C17

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/411), regs. 1(2), 117; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C18

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/604), regs. 1(2), 56; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 13(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C19

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/705), regs. 1(2), 37; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 13(2)

C20

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Unauthorised Drilling Activities in the Eastern Mediterranean (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1474), regs. 1(2), 36; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 24(2)

C21

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/461), regs. 1(2), 63; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C22

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/554), regs. 1(2), 36; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 10(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C23

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/616), regs. 1(2), 56; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 10(2)

C24

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/948), regs. 1(2), 45; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 16(2)

C25

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/134), regs. 1(2), 58; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 2(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C26

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Guinea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1145), regs. 1(2), 35; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 3(2)

C27

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/597), regs. 1(2), 35; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 6(2)

C28

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1665), regs. 1(3), 73

C29

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Burundi (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1142), regs. 1(2), 35; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 2(2)

C30

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/433), regs. 1(2), 56; S.I. 2019/627, reg. 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C31

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/608), regs. 1(2), 36; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 7(2)

C32

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/792), regs. 1(3), 86; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C33

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (31.12.2020) by The Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1468), regs. 1(2), 36; S.I. 2020/1514, reg. 23(2)

C34

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (26.4.2021 at noon) by The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/488), regs. 1(2), 36

C35

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (29.4.2021 at 5.00 p.m.) by The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/496), regs. 1(3), 67

C36

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (14.12.2021) by The Burundi (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1404), regs. 1(2), 36

C37

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (28.12.2022) by The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281), regs. 1(2), 47

C38

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (14.12.2023) by The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1314), regs. 1(2), 86 (with regs. 98-100)

C39

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (10.10.2024) by The Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/948), regs. 1(2), 30 (with regs. 14, 29)

C40

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (23.7.2025) by The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/902), regs. 1(2), 47

C41

Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (15.10.2026) by The Global Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Sanctions Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/1071), regs. 1(2), 47 (with regs. 49-51)