Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Act 2000

Inspectorate

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• (1) The Attorney General shall appoint a person as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service.

• (2) The Chief Inspector may appoint inspectors and other staff to assist him in the discharge of his functions.

• (3) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

• (a) such sums in respect of salary, pension, allowances and compensation for the Chief Inspector as the Attorney General may determine, and

• (b) expenditure incurred by the Chief Inspector in the discharge of his functions, including expenditure on payments to or in respect of staff.

Functions

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• (1) The Chief Inspector shall—

• (a) inspect or arrange for the inspection of the operation of the Crown Prosecution Service,

• (b) report to the Attorney General on any matter connected with the operation of the Service which the Attorney General refers to him, and

• (c) submit an annual report to the Attorney General on the operation of the Service.

• (2) The Attorney General shall lay before Parliament a copy of any report which he receives under subsection (1)(c).

• (3) The Chief Inspector may designate an inspector to discharge his functions during any period when he is absent or unable to act.

• (3A) This section applies to the Serious Fraud Office as it applies to the Crown Prosecution Service.

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (5) The Schedule to this Act (which makes further provision about the Chief Inspector) has effect.

Short title, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Act may be cited as the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Act 2000.

• (2) Sections 1 and 2 shall come into force on such day as the Attorney General may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.

• (3) This Act shall extend to England and Wales only.

Functions.

Editorial notes

[^c879632]: S. 3(2) Power fully exercised: 1.10.2000 appointed by S.I. 2000/2423 , art. 2

[^key-ab34ffaaa2c61a357112008562e99ba3]: S. 2 applied (7.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) , ss. 42 , 53(1) ; S.I. 2005/1126 , art. 2(1)

[^key-6241cfa2e4cf2ee90952607afe469ca4]: S. 2(5) inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 30(1), 53(1); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(m) (with art. 6)

[^key-31af5c7b3cfb8debc6fb05db0c5ede3d]: Sch. inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 30(2), 53(1); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(m) (with art. 6)

[^key-0d76ea9cd123c42680bbcd6bdebcfdfa]: Words in Sch. para. 2(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 27(2)(d)

[^key-422a9f6eb057ccfaec29d594184e2d58]: Words in Sch. para. 4(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 26(2)(e)

[^key-902c26b575fda8564ff1bca7d62faeea]: Words in Sch. para. 5(3)(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 27(2)(d)

[^key-6400eb847d7315068c8179ee7117ea94]: Sch. modified (temp.) (1.10.2008) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments and Transitory Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2250), arts. 1(1), 3(9)

[^key-719d3076b1334cfe86781df06758f4e1]: Sch. para. 2(2)(f) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 71(2)(a), Sch. 15 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 35(x), 36

[^key-0b25f45d8b39fe49313598506fa058d8]: Sch. para. 2(2)(g) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 71(2)(b); S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 35(x)

[^key-8df2525a3f39415fac6616246a6c6755]: Sch. para. 4(f) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 71(3)(a), Sch. 15 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 35(x), 36

[^key-6a53983b2d39ca70a9eb1ef098df807d]: Sch. para. 4(g) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 71(3)(b); S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 35(x)

[^key-41b4440ef79333a3ad940801af4d58f4]: Sch. para. 9 and cross-heading inserted (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 9(d) (with art. 2)

[^key-f76e71b0d41d254bf0622cf45685edde]: Sch. para. 2(2)(d) repealed (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 9(a) (with art. 2)

[^key-f19aac2f246ac07acfc8b15d65ca0468]: Sch. para. 4(d) repealed (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 9(b) (with art. 2)

[^key-dfd87f3be1052298c293488dc557118c]: Sch. para. 5(3)(d) repealed (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 9(c) (with art. 2)

[^key-2f9902fdd3185a9b4dfe21039ba283c9]: S. 2(4) 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. 17

[^key-a8e3d1aed264785d68ae0905d0c401c5]: Sch. para. 6(1A) inserted (4.4.2014) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 44(4)(a); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(l)(iii)

[^key-755d4e1fd0382795db54cabc0964c5b6]: Sch. para. 6(2) substituted (4.4.2014) by Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 44(4)(b); S.I. 2014/900, art. 2(l)(iii)

[^key-13951001a01ee5e6f01dc0fd297aed18]: S. 2(3A) inserted (2.6.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 149(1), 185(1)(2)(d)(5) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1226, art. 2

[^key-b737d98e65132c479b63db61adb6c689]: Sch. para. 2(2)(h) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 44(2); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)

[^key-a0a9a75da6ee303c3c8de6537a985ea9]: Sch. para. 4(h) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 44(3); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)

SCHEDULE

Delegation of functions

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• (1) The Chief Inspector may delegate any of his functions (to such extent as he may determine) to another public authority.

• (2) If the carrying out of an inspection is delegated under sub-paragraph (1) it is nevertheless to be regarded for the purposes of this Act as carried out by the Chief Inspector.

• (3) In this Schedule “public authority” includes any person certain of whose functions are functions of a public nature.

Inspection programmes and inspection frameworks

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• (1) The Chief Inspector shall from time to time, or at such times as the Attorney General may specify by order, prepare—

• (a) a document setting out what inspections he proposes to carry out (an “inspection programme”);

• (b) a document setting out the manner in which he proposes to carry out his functions of inspecting and reporting (an “inspection framework”).