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Section 27: Interpretation of Part 3

Criminal Justice Act 2003 · 2003 c. 44View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Conditional cautions

In this Part—

  • "authorised person" has the meaning given by section 22(4),

  • "conditional caution" has the meaning given by section 22(2),

  • "investigating officer" means an officer of Revenue and Customs, appointed in accordance with section 2(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, or a person designated as a policing support officer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30),

  • "the offender" has the meaning given by section 22(1),

  • "relevant prosecutor" means—

    (a)the Attorney General,

    (b)the Director of the Serious Fraud Office,

    (ba)...

    (c)the Director of Public Prosecutions,

    (d)a Secretary of State,

    (e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    (f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    (g)a person who is specified in an order made by the Secretary of State as being a relevant prosecutor for the purposes of this Part.

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