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ELIZABETH II

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985

1985 CHAPTER 23

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales; to make provision as to costs in criminal cases; to provide for the imposition of time limits in relation to preliminary stages of criminal proceedings; to amend section 42 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 and section 3 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969; to make provision with respect to consents to prosecutions; to repeal section 9 of the Perjury Act 1911; and for connected purposes.[23rd May 1985]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Part I
The Crown Prosecution Service

Constitution and functions of Service

The Crown Prosecution Service. 1.—(1) There shall be a prosecuting service for England and Wales (to be known as the “Crown Prosecution Service”) consisting of—

(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions, who shall be head of the Service;