The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (New Method of Instituting Proceedings) (Public Prosecutor Specification) Order 2011

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2011-09-07
State In force
Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Made: 7th September 2011

Laid before Parliament: 9th September 2011

Coming into force: 3rd October 2011

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 29(5)(h) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003[^f00001]:

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This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (New Method of Instituting Proceedings) (Public Prosecutor Specification) Order 2011 and comes into force on 3rd October 2011.

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Transport for London[^f00002] is specified as a public prosecutor for the purposes of section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Signed

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

J Djanogly — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 7th September 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 2 of this Order specifies Transport for London as a “public prosecutor” for the purposes of section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Section 29 provides public prosecutors with the power to institute criminal proceedings on the issue of a written charge and requisition.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 c. 44.

[^f00002]: Transport for London is a body corporate established by section 154 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (1999 c. 29).

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