The Director may at any time appoint a person who is not a Crown Prosecutor but who has a general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) to institute or take over the conduct of such criminal proceedings or extradition proceedings as the Director may assign to him.
The Director may at any time appoint such a person—
to exercise a function of the Director under section 3(2)(ab) or (bb) in relation to a class or description of criminal proceedings specified in the appointment;
to exercise a function of the Director under section 3(2)(ee) in relation to—
such criminal proceedings as are specified in the appointment, or
a class or description of criminal proceedings specified in the appointment; or
to appear in—
Revenue and Customs cash recovery proceedings specified in the appointment, or
a class or description of Revenue and Customs cash recovery proceedings specified in the appointment.
In subsection (1A)—
- "Revenue and Customs cash recovery proceedings" means proceedings in which the Director or a Crown Prosecutor would otherwise appear by virtue of section 302A(2) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (cash recovery proceedings relating to revenue and customs matters).
Any person conducting proceedings assigned to him under subsection (1) or exercising functions by virtue of an appointment made under subsection (1A) shall have all the powers of a Crown Prosecutor but shall exercise those powers subject to any instructions given to him by a Crown Prosecutor.